On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 09:16:33AM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > This is a most un-Debian-like thing to be doing. Instead of running non-Free > software on Debian, we should be seeking to create real Free alternatives
I would sure like to see a FOSS tool with the power of Gamess or Gaussian, or
Jaguar. But I don't expect I'll see it within the next decade.
> {although, demanding source code from vendors would certainly not hurt. I
> have nothing in principle against the use of reasonable force in the course
> of obtaining Source Code.}
You can get the source for Gamess just fine, but the license doesn't
allow you to redistribute it, nor change it.
> Availability of Source Code is *the* single biggest reason why so much of the
> software that is found in Debian can run on so many different architectures
> {second only to NetBSD if I recall correctly?} That diversity is something
> we should be proud of. *Un*availability of Source Code has already destroyed
> a certain other operating system: every new release has to support a growing
> heap of legacy code, and every insecurity ever exploited by a legitimate
> program has to remain.
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Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org
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