On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:42:48PM +0530, sinu john wrote: > Hey guys, whats all the fuss about? > The original discussion was about how to port an application using Wine. > From WineHQ's <http://www.winehq.org/about/> homepage: "Wine will > always be free > software <http://wiki.winehq.org/Licensing>. Approximately half of Wine's > source code is written by volunteers." > So Wine IS A FREE SOFTWARE. > > These people are clever. They have even thought that arguments like this - > similar to those in this mailing-list - might happen. So they have written > http://wiki.winehq.org/ImportanceOfWine . > Let me quote the very first sentence - "A lot of people in popular > discussion forums keep thinking that Wine is "the last thing that Linux > needs" or that it is "not important". We are listing some info here that is > supposed to thoroughly defeat these and other claims. " > I assume Praseed Pai sent it to this mailing-list because this list is > SUPPOSED to discuss free software and Wine "IS" a free software. :)
Of course wine is free software, It is not question of wine basically but the the question of discussion on free software, discussing wine naturally brings us to discussion of proprietary software, hence we must not pollute the list with such matter, this is not for the specific mails which have come recently, but to all mails that purposely or accidentally discuss proprietary software that have come on the list. > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:07:24 +0530 > > From: Sameer <[email protected]> > > To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software " > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Windows SDK Programming under Linux > > Message-ID: <20100626003724.gb6...@lenny-dhabba> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:11:38AM +0530, Bobinson K B wrote: > > > I second you Hari ! This attitude will eventually kill FOSS and prevent > > > anyone adopting it & spreading it. Really sad ! > > > > > That does not make sense. > > If supporting proprietary software and taking soft stand on it would kill > > Free Software better be it. > > I dont think the Free Software Movement ever needed to be like that. > > > > > > ~ bobinson > > > > > > -- > > > http://freebird.in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 June 2010 23:10, Hari KT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi guys , > > > > > > > > I was going through your mails . I don't know why you blamed Praseed > > Pai :) > > > > . > > > > > > > > I feel he is trying to move guys who are working mainly on Windows > > > > environment to Linux too . First let them try GNU / Linux and feel it . > > > > > > > > Before they start something like this , you started firing him :) ( I > > know > > > > you were not firing though ) . > > > > > > > > According to the Free Software Movement, what I know is not talking > > about > > > > the price . Its talking mainly of the code , freedom to use and all ... > > > > > > > > According to my knowledge how may companies and employees knows the > > licence > > > > agreement of these ? Some are not licensed to use for commercial > > purposes . > > > > Do you all follow the rules ? > > > > > > > > :) .. I may be wrong too . Forgive me for my lack of knowledge :( . > > > > > > > > Anyway I would love to support him . > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > *Thanks and Regards * > > > > > > > > *Hari K T* [image: icon-twitter.png] <http://twitter.com/harikt> > > [image: > > > > icon-linkedin.png] <http://in.linkedin.com/in/harikt> [image: > > github.png]<http://github.com/harikt> > > > > [image: icon-feed.png] <http://harikt.com/blog/feed> [image: > > > > facebook.png] <http://www.facebook.com/harikt> > > > > > > > > [image: home_bullet_phone.gif]+91-9388-758821 > > > > > > > > http://harikt.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > > > > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > > > > > > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > > > #[email protected] > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > > > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > > > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > > #[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > #[email protected] > > > > End of Mailinglist Digest, Vol 84, Issue 28 > > ******************************************* > > > > > > -- > sinu john > www.sinujohn.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
