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Re: Question to all candidates: How do you feel about OSI, FSF and LF? (and Debian while we're at it (and AI if you want to))



Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> I don't really like the tivoization issue, and the whole GPL-3 ecosistem.

By "I don't like the tivoization issue" I understand you mean "I don't
like how the GPL-3 was designed to forbid tivoization". Is that
correct, and if so, why do you think it's a bad thing?

> I think Debian should also help companies to build their software, and let
them close if needed. We lost a lot of business opportunities of this GPL-3
licensing stuff, and to me this is a failure as a project.

I quite don't understand that.
Debian can't change the license of the software that it distributes,
so I don't see how it would be failing to that respect, and what it
could do to remedy that failure.
Also, I don't see how Debian's goals would or should include helping
companies sell closed software. But again, I might not be
understanding what you're saying.

Gerardo


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