On 04/26/2014 05:09 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Kern Sibbald <[email protected]> wrote:
>> For the curious:
>> APCUPSD  (a free software project to integrate APC (American Power
>> Company) UPSes (Unterruptible Power Supplies) as a Linux Daemon
>> (service)).  In short a free software project.
>  ... not to be confused with CUPSD which is a *printing* service.
>  which is what i thought you were talking about :)
>
>> FLA (Fiduciary License Agreement) project of the Free Software
>> Foundation where they maintain the copyright for free software projects.
>  a link to a page on the FSFs web site would clarify further and save
>  you the effort as well.
Agreed.  Below is the link to the Free Software Foundation Europe's
Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA) program.

  http://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html

The following link provides information about Bacula (my free software
backup program) and the FLA that the Bacula project is using. It also
discusses an agreement with the open-core company, Bacula Systems SA
(founded by myself and other free software believers).

  http://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/bacula-agreement.en.html

I understand that some of you may "hate" open-core companies. 
Nevertheless, the above agreement, which is certainly unusual and maybe
unique, in my opinion situates Bacula Systems SA somewhere between a
free software company and a "normal" open-core company and thus is
positive for the free software movement.

Best regards,
Kern

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