Brad Pitcher wrote: > On 11/12/06, *Brian Brazil* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On 11/12/06, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > On 12/11/06, Brian Brazil <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > On 11/12/06, Andrew Wigglesworth < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:50, 可冰 wrote: > > > > > How about FVWM, it is simple & powerful and I love it. > > > > > Maybe to get rid of gnome & kde? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, if I thought you were being serious....... > > > > > > It'd be XCFE if anything, but I've yet to see anyone wanting a > Xubuntu > > > replacement. > > > > Surely gNewSense users can just "sudo apt-get install > xubuntu-desktop" > > if they want this? > > Yes, but as with KDE this isn't supported as someone hasn't gone > through it to make sure it's fully free. Should be trivial for xubuntu > though. > > > What does this involve? I started going through the packages in the > xubuntu-desktop meta package and it seem that some packages are under a > "gpl license with exceptions". For example, cdrecord and cupsys: > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cdrtools/cdrtools_2.01+01a01-4ubuntu6/cdrecord.copyright > > <http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cdrtools/cdrtools_2.01+01a01-4ubuntu6/cdrecord.copyright> > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.2.0-0ubuntu5/cupsys.copyright > > Are there any guidelines we can use to help decide whether the software > still falls under the free software umbrella even with the exceptions to > the license. Maybe someone can put something on the wiki? > > -Brad > > For a start try the DFSG [1]. checking gnu.org and fsf.org to see if they have any info on the licences in question would probably be good as well. kk
[1] Debian free software guide -- Karl Goetz User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
