Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer
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- From: Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl>
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:32:06 +0200
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Op 31-03-15 om 14:03 schreef Ian Jackson:
> Miriam Ruiz writes ("Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer"):
>> But, regardless of abstract debates, this is what I consider the most
>> likely outcome of such situation, if it ever appears. Imagine someone
>> packages the software including that restriction and uploads it to the
>> archive.
>
> It would probably be possible to make the restriction configurable,
> so that a user could disable it easily.
I would make a howto to rebuild the software. People will learn from it.
And sysadmins will get an argument to pay.
( But I don't think this kind of software belongs in main, contrib, or
non-free, it simply doesn't fit. )
With regards,
Paul van der VLis.
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