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Re: migrating away from the FDL



Scripsit Mathieu Roy <yeupou@gnu.org>

> DFSG #1, "Free redistribution"
>         - free as freedom, what GNU cares about too
>         - free as beer, what GNU does not care about (but it's
>         frequently a consequence of the first freedom)

> The French translation of the DFSG is even more obvious about that,
> explicitely yelling "free beer!" (« Redistribution libre _et gratuite_
> »).

I'd call that a maltranslation. DFSG #1 explicitly stipulates that the
freedom must include the freedom to *sell* copies of the software (at
least if bundled with the Hello World program).

-- 
Henning Makholm      "Jeg kunne ikke undgå at bemærke at han gik på hænder."



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