+ 2014-01-05 Sun 04:24, [email protected] <[email protected]>:
> In short, how can I know what a system I am using actually does, in a legal > way, besides sticking to the systems I know for certain that are free? How do > we deal with uncertainty? I am not sure I have understood your question. But as far as knowing "in a legal way" what’s going on, I would say that there’s not much to worry about, as a user, than if it is a free software/open source license or not. GNU.org maintains a list of free software licenses: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html (this is roughly the same list as the list of open source licenses maintained by OSI). Of course, there are many other issues to worry about: - does it use open standards? see http://fsfe.org/activities/os/ - is it spying/tracking? - is it possible to run it on your own server? etc. -- Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org> Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal> Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr> Support Free Software, sign up! <https://fsfe.org/support>
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