Re: [Cooker] a pure RMS compliant Linux-Mandrake distro (only GPL packages)

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Not that I want to get into a license flame war, but a distribution that
> is entirely GPL is not going to be incredibly useful: no Perl, no
> Apache, a good chunk of the kernel (take a look at some of the sub
> licenses),
> no QT, no KDE, etc.
> 
> The concept of an all GPL distribution sounds great on the surface,
> Debian couldn't pull it off, but many of the apps and services we rely
> on are simply not GPL'd. All in all, why bother? As long as the software
> is freely distributable and free of charge, who cares? It's better to
> encourage OSS development through patience rather than force, but the
> GPL is not the only license that would encourage this.

Of course. We highly support license that are mostly `compatible' with
GPL, which includes MIT, BSD, LGPL, Artistic, QPL, MPL, etc.

This project would be a RMS-"test" if you prefer.


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