On 11 Jul 2006 22:16:22 +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Dean Michael Berris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Example: If the government will require that only Free Software as
> defined by the FSF will be used, what HTTP Server will you use that's
> under the GPL _as good as_ if not _better_ or with a similar track
> record as the Apache HTTP Server?
The Apache HTTP Server is free software, as defined by FSF.
The GPL is just one free software licence. The Apache licence, and the
licence of FreeBSD and that of OpenBSD are other free software licences.
Here's the definition of free software:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
And here's a list of licences which qualify:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
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