Re: scummvm dependent games: non-free?
Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:40:44AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>> This is basically a trick of wording. If the license lets you ship it
>> with the one-character shell script containing the letter 'w' and charge
>> for that, then that's good enough.
>
> I continue to assert that this exception is moronic.
Well, yeah. :-)
> It makes a mockery of our defense of software freedom.
>
> I have not yet heard of an application of this loophole that wasn't
> motivated my malevolent intent ("We want to fuck over competitor Q who
> otherwise would be able to easily distribute our software.").
Incompetent malevolent intent, perhaps? The exception is only acceptable to
Debian if it doesn't work, basically!
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