On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:37:05PM +0200, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > Peter S Galbraith wrote: > >But this is _GPL'ed_ software which seems to be doing quite well without > >sacrificing its license for more market share. You can't possibly argue > GPL takes away some freedoms. Can you argue this point? If not, then why > are you using GPL? GPL makes barbecue from your cow. If you do not want > to trade your freedom, you should not use GPL. This analogy might be more entertaining if you hadn't completely missed the point of it. The sacred cow in question is the *DFSG*, a set of principles that form the basis for this list's decisions about what is considered free enough for inclusion in Debian. Your notion that the GPL "makes barbecue from" a set of guidelines that it's explicitly mentioned in is ludicrous. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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