Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

[David Nusinow <david_nusinow@verizon.net>]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:53:38PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:11:03 -0400 David Nusinow wrote:
> 
> > Furthermore, we are not imposing anything on our users. They are free
> > to not install such software if they choose. We can't completely
> > protect people from being sued to begin with.
> 
> C'mon David!  :-(
> 
> "We are not imposing anything on our users. They are free to
> not install Acrobat Reader if they choose. Consequently Acrobat
> Reader can be moved to main."
> 
> This is nonsense...  :-(

Acrobat Reader clearly has restrictions on basic freedoms like distribution
and modification. Maybe if you can give me a better example, I'll believe
you.

 - David Nusinow