Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer

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Subject: Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer
From: Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl>
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 10:03:10 +0200
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Op 05-04-15 om 01:56 schreef Gunnar Wolf:
> Paul van der Vlis dijo [Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 12:12:25PM +0200]:
>>> No they aren't. The source that CentOS uses is modified to remove
>>> references to Red Hat.
>>
>> Debian has to change the source of Firefox and Thunderbird too.
>> Does that make it nonfree software? I don't think so.
> 
> Remember we don't ship Firefox or Thunderbird — We ship Iceweasel and
> Icedove. Precisely for that reason.

You are right, Firefox and Thunderbird are not DFSG free.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.



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