Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer
Alessandro Rubini <rubini@arcana.linux.it> writes:
> This is exactly like the kind request to send patches to the upstream
> author, or the kind request to make a donation or otherwise support
> the project.
With the significant difference that (as it has been described to us)
the work embodies a concrete restriction on its use.
So no, not “exactly like” those kind requests which do not limit
recipients of the work.
> I don't see anything especially bad in a 5-users limitation. It's a
> bug like a million other limitations we have.
With the significant difference that the copyright holder has expressed
a positive desire that the bug not be fixed.
The OP has said:
> The 5 user limitation is something in the software, but because it's
> AGPL it's not forbidden to remove it. But I think the developer would
> ask friendly to remove a version without the limitation from Debian.
Since the copyright holder expresses the desire that the work not be in
Debian with bugs fixed, that is a strongly negative consideration for
that work entering Debian at all.
--
\ “The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things |
`\ without evidence.” —Thomas Henry Huxley, _Evolution and |
_o__) Ethics_, 1893 |
Ben Finney
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