I read that email thread; at the end Mark Kilgore says "yes, that's fine" but I'm not sure if that's enough to qualify his code as open source. Ramana: can you comment?
In any case, FreeType 2 would make a larger range of fonts available, and would produce better-looking output. I'd still like to switch to it. -- David On 25-Jul-2012 12:41 PM, [email protected] wrote: > BOINC itself is, I believe, entirely GPL V2. BOINC is completely open > source. Gnu Pulbic License Version 2. > > The individual projects may have different terms, but none of them charge > for downloading software. Many of them use non-open source software for > one reason or another. This part is not going to change. > > In any case, the response to the free nature is found in this conversation > with the original author of the files: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=131997#71 > This indicates that the files are indeed freely usable. > > jm7 > > > |------------> > | From: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |Ramana Kumar <[email protected]> > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | To: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |<[email protected]> > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | Date: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |07/25/2012 02:46 PM > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | Subject: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |[boinc_dev] software freedom > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | Sent by: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |<[email protected]> > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > I would like to try BOINC, but not so much that I want to make an > exception for nonfree software. > My preferred OS (Parabola GNU/Linux) blacklists BOINC because it is > not completely free software. > The specific details for why are documented here > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Software_blacklist#boinc_.2F_boinc-app-seti > > I would like to ask the developers this: are you committed to not > using freeglut or another free glut replacement? > If not, could I ask that you attempt to make the switch, so we can > reevaluate BOINC for freedom and eventually get it off the blacklist. > I don't see any reason why a project like BOINC needs to be nonfree :) > > Cheers, > Ramana > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
