On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 22:14, Mark Mielke wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:52:03PM +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > Fortunately, Fedora Core's goals do not allow for unfair conditions > > placed upon it's users. > > I consider it unfair that you feel content demanding a provider to give > you full re-distributions rights to code that you did not write, nor did > you contract to have written. It's not about me, so allow me to rewrite your phrase into a more proper form: <<I consider it unfair that one feels content demanding a provider to give full re-distributions rights to code that one did not write, nor did contract to have written.>> So, you consider it unfair that people demand Free Software? > Fedora Core's goals cannot be illegal goals. If Fedora Core requires the > right to patch source code, and distribute the patched source code and > binary in full (as it seems to require out of necessity, more than as a > project goal), and the author does not grant this privelege, then Fedora > Core *shall not* include the software. As a community project, FC's goals can't, for sure, allow software that has conditions that are unfair over the community, like limiting the knowledge-pool. > If, on the other hand, Fedora Core expands (as it seems the plans > include) to allow the code author's to submit their own SRPM/RPM > packages, then it may be feasible, and sensible to allow products > such as Tiny DNS to be included in Fedora Core. You wouldn't have to > feel like you were doing something wrong, the author of Tiny DNS > wouldn't feel like control of development was being taken away from > him, and it is possible that *everybody* would be happy. I have faith that FC won't distribute non-free (as in speech) software... > Or, you could keep shouting senseless demands on this mailing list, > a place where nobody can legally do anything about the situation... No, but it's a place where one can educate the community about Free Software alternatives over proprietary software, like DJB's. Rui -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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