On 03/07/2015 10:30 AM, Michał Masłowski wrote: >> - https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/uqm-content >> - https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/uqm-music >> - https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/uqm-voice > Licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA which is nonfree. > [...] > > Both should be blacklisted in Parabola
I agree that the nonfree data should not be included in Parabola but I personally disagree about the blacklisting. There is a huge difference between Free Software and Free Culture: Free Software is a social movement while Free Culture is a cultural movement. But most importantly, art is free from many of the implications of software: you will never be relying on art to monitor your heart rate, for example (and if so, it means it's powered by either hardware or software). Parabola is a free distro and as such, I agree that it should commit to Freedom, 100%. But at the same time, I see no reason the *code* shouldn't be distributed, if it's fully free. I'm saying this because someone committed to Free Software isn't necessarily committed to Free Culture. From GNU.org itself: > We don't take the position that artistic or entertainment works must > be free, but if you want to make one free, we recommend the Free Art > License > and again > Works of art, and works that state a point of view, are different > issues; the GNU Project has no general stand about how they should be > released, except that they should all be usable without nonfree > software (in particular, without DRM) Games with fully free code fit that requirement, regardless of the license under which their assets are released. For the record, I support Free Culture, but at the same time I think it should be considered a completely separate issue from Free Software. _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
