Re: Debian i386 freeze

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu> wrote:
> > I hate this grey zones. Why doesn't everyone stick either to commercial
> > software or to free software ? :-/
> 
> I don't think you put that correctly. The problem is not commercial vs. free,
> but GPL vs. everything else.

Actually, the problem with is with copyright law.  Or aren't you familiar
with what happened to the early freely made contributions to Unix?

Maybe you don't know why we're using Linux here, instead of Unix?

> So, I would say "why would anyone put it's software under GPL, the
> license meaning of which is not clear, allowes for many grey areas,
> and depends on what RMS says today?"

Yes, you would say that.

But the meaning of the GPL is very clear: this software is free software,
and it's going to stay that way.

And I think that answers that question, that you would say [rather
than ask].

-- 
Raul


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