And I think this is what's important about this discussion, and something we in the open source community need to remember:
- For some folks, it's about "freedom" or other nebulous concepts which you can describe however your particular ethos feels best - For some folks, it's about "getting something done" (whatever that "something" may be). For lots of things, the solution to both problems might be the same thing (for instance, in the server space, "freedom" and "getting stuff done" both seem to favor Linux) For other things, there may be a matter of some debate on the topic (For instance, on the desktop, I run a very proprietary OS called "Snow Leopard"... because at the end of the day, for my day to day operations, I care more about "stuff that just works" rather than worrying about the freedom aspects of it). Everyone has their own concerns, and issues, and reasons why they choose to do what they do. And sometimes, as a community, we look down on those folks who are "too stupid/naive/etc. to realize they're using something that takes away their freedom" or whatever (not saying you're like this Joe, it's just something your post made me think of). But what's most important is "does it do what YOU want it to do, the way you want it to". Cheers, D On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > I agree with Chris, not permitting a user to use the source, what's the point > then? It's not GNU but it may be OSS > Also as was brought up in a septate thread, there is no way to stop Chrome > from d/l content, which is important to me. > Thus after using Chromeum exclusive for a month, yes it's faster, but not by > so much that I want to give up my plug-ins and freedom. > > Thus I am dumping Chrome/um and going back to Firefox, backing GNU projects > and style licenses have always panned out well for me. > > Joe > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]> > wrote: > For any of you that don't want to bother reading through the Google Chrome > license, I did that recently, and was not able to accept it due to the > following provisions: > > > > 9.2 Subject to section 1.2, you may not (and you may not permit anyone else > to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile > or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any > part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or > unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google, in > writing. > > 16.1 Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display > advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the > content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the > Services or other information. > > 16.2 The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Google on the Services are > subject to change without specific notice to you. > > 16.3 In consideration for Google granting you access to and use of the > Services, you agree that Google may place such advertising on the > Services. > > -- Chris > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android
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