Re: Debian i386 freeze
- To: Alexander Yukhimets <aqy6633@is5.nyu.edu>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>
- Cc: aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu, jaldhar@braincells.com, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Debian i386 freeze
- From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 02:05:25 +1000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19980723020525.A18353@yodeller.rising.com.au>
- Mail-followup-to: Alexander Yukhimets <aqy6633@is5.nyu.edu>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>, aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu, jaldhar@braincells.com, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] E0yz0TE-0000Pp-00@jessica>; from Alexander Yukhimets on Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 11:06:20AM -0400
- References: <[🔎] 87sojuwala.fsf@tiamat.datasync.com> <[🔎] E0yz0TE-0000Pp-00@jessica>
On Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 11:06:20AM -0400, Alexander Yukhimets wrote:
> Simple. DFSG does not allow discrimination against field of endeavor.
> And we bashing the software that says that it is not allowed to be used
> on systems other then X (remember?:). On the other hand, GPL explicitely
> discriminates the users of and distributors for *free* OS'es in *favor* of
> those using and catering for *non-free* ones.
>
> This is only my opinion, but it would be difficult to prove that GPL violates
> DFSG. From the other hand, I am pretty sure I will be able to probe that
> GPL'd *libraries* (not LGPL'd) do violate DFSG.
In a previous thread on this list I tried to argue something like this
(just as a hypothetical, because I rather like the GPL); it was felt
that writing/using commercial software was not a field of endeavour
itself.
Hamish
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