Re: imapsync
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:09:39 +0200, Javier Barroso wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Have a look at
>>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609845#65 -
>>>> it
>>> seems
>>>> the author wanted it removed because he started to charge for
>>>> the script
>>>
>>> Ugh, how bad.
>>>
>>> I can understand that the package is provided with a monetary cost (but
>>> still open source). What I fail to see is why the author does not want
>>> it to be distributed by anyone :-?
>>
>> Quote from Guillem maillist [1]
>> "
>> The donate button didn't work very well so I experiment another way to
>> be paid for my work on free, open softwares. It looks like very few
>> people understand what free and open really means: free like free speech
>> but not necessarily free beer. "
>>
>> I used this script for migrate hundreds of mailbox and my old company
>> didn't talk about to donate a cent .. , so I understand why he made the
>> change ...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> [1] http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg00732.html
>
> Yes, I've alredy read it, and...? I still don't get his point. What's the
> gain in limiting its distribution? You can still charge the users for it.
If you buy it you can do what do you want (WTFPL license) with it, so
you can distribute if you want. But I imagine buying software to
distribute it is not the Debian Philosophy, so they/we don't that
Regards,
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