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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:15:26 +0100 From: Pierre Jarillon <[email protected]> To: Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Mageia-dev] Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). Le jeudi 8 novembre 2012 11:01:32, vous avez écrit : > On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 20:49:20 +0100 > > Pierre Jarillon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Le mardi 6 novembre 2012 23:39:43, Shlomi Fish a écrit : > > > So our question is: assuming we package faac as a package, can we still > > > provide pre-made and binary packages of GPLed programs that use it? > > > > you can add few words about interoperability > > http://interoperability-definition.info/en/ > > which allows to read legally acquired datas. > > I have read that page, but I don't understand how interoperability is > related here? The problem is that strong copyleft licences such as the GPL > impose restrictions on what are the acceptable licenses they can be linked > against, which undermines compatibility. I'm not sure I'm happy with that, > but many developers seem to like using these licences. I understand this view of the problem. I take another way with the freedom of formats. Patents are incompatibles with interoperability. If you agree that interoperability is a right, patents on interfaces must be outlaw. In Europe patents on methods, algorythms, software and ideas are not allowed, but the EPO often forget that to make more money. -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org Microsoft est à l'informatique ce que McDonald est à la gastronomie -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Funny Anti-Terrorism Story - http://shlom.in/enemy Mothers used to tell their children stories about XSLT to scare them. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
