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))
Hello,
>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?
yes. There are use case (e.g. automotive, safety), where you *have* to lock
the system, for good reasons.
We can think that people might want to use the same component for unrelated
usages, and open it in that case, or something similar.
But if you have a component in automotive that is a safety component, you
have to lock and close it, even if you use some OS tools to build it.
Specifically, forcing usage of old coreutils, old bash, and old non-gpl3 software
won't make fsf happier, nor the component more secure.
>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.
I think I explained it above, Debian shouldn't enforce usage of GPL-3 software, try to cooperate
and find a way to fix the tivoization forbid issue to make a better license, that
can reconcile businesses and fsf.
When you close too much, people find alternative ways, and they are usually less
secure. But I agree that Debian can't do too much on this issue.
Gianfranco
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