Re: What RMS says about standards (was: [rms@gnu.org: Re: Questions regarding free documentation.]
Hi,
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
Marcus> :) Yes, well, this is why I want vendors to ship the non-free stuff on a
Marcus> seperate CD.
Marcus> The point is, you will never be allowed to remopve the
Marcus> copyright notices. For example, you'll never be allowed to
Marcus> make emacs print the Artistic License with C-h C-c [please no
Marcus> clever arguments about chnaging the key layout and so on].
__> egrep 'COPYING|GPL' /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | wc -l
34
__> ls -1 /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | wc -l
1376
Shipping the GPL as part of the package is the exception
rather than the rule. and /usr/doc/copyright/GPL is a shipped
standalone.
Marcus> This restrictions protect our freedom, so they are good.
The restriction on standards protect our freedom to coperate
and build synergy, and they are good.
manoj
--
Merely because the group is in formation does not mean that the group
is on the right course.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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