> a) the group "free software" is nothing but a combination of an adjective
> and a substantive, the adjective qualifying the substantive
That might be the case, but in the context of distributing a piece of
software in the context of GNU/Linux, "free software" refers to
the FSF's notion.
Any ot
2010/1/5 Viktor Lindberg :
> I don't wish to be rude but you're not actually contradicting anything
> i'm saying afaict
Actually I think I am a bit. You said "Not just open for anyone to
examine as is the case with Open Source", which sounds to me like you
are saying that people cannot modify or
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 03:39:42PM +, Neil Jerram wrote:
> 2010/1/5 Viktor Lindberg :
> >
> > The Open Source Movement have instead choosen to abandom the ethical
> > principle of freedom and only promote the use of Open Source software
> > that might not be libre (free as in freedom), which is
Since this is a mailinglist about openmoko's «free»runner, I think it's
normal to assume everyone on this mailinglist understands the idea
behind the free philosophy.
On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 16:09 +0100, Viktor Lindberg wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 01:21:50PM +0100, arne anka wrote:
> > > the te
2010/1/5 Viktor Lindberg :
>
> The Open Source Movement have instead choosen to abandom the ethical
> principle of freedom and only promote the use of Open Source software
> that might not be libre (free as in freedom), which is not the same
> idea as the Free Software movement has. [...] Not just
>/end of arrogant rant about language usage.
this is getting too long for me :)
just download the relevant packages which this thread started about
and read license in there, it might help your understanding :))
cheers
Petr
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On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 01:21:50PM +0100, arne anka wrote:
> > the term "free software" was coined in or before 1989, when the GPLv1 was
> > published by the free software foundation [1].
>
> a) the group "free software" is nothing but a combination of an adjective
> and a substantive, the adjec
> the term "free software" was coined in or before 1989, when the GPLv1 was
> published by the free software foundation [1].
a) the group "free software" is nothing but a combination of an adjective
and a substantive, the adjective qualifying the substantive
b) qualifying a substantive with "fre
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, arne anka wrote:
[Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote:]
I think you're now confusing free software with freeware. Free
software app has to be open source (but not in opposite way -
freeware and open source apps not always are free software)
huh? since when and who made that decis
> I think you're now confusing free software with freeware. Free
> software app has to be open source (but not in opposite way -
> freeware and open source apps not always are free software)
huh?
since when and who made that decision?
for all i know, the line goes between open source and free.
op
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