Let me use a simile... When a teenager has to tell his mom and as for permission for all that he does outside of home, is he free?
Luis de Bethencourt On Nov 28, 2007 3:33 AM, aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 5:39 AM, Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe Im not too knowledgable on this, but the linuxsampler FAQ goes > > into great lengths to say its open source and friendly. > > > > [*] LinuxSampler is licensed under the GNU GPL license with the > > exception that USAGE of the souce code, libraries and applications FOR > > COMMERCIAL HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IS NOT ALLOWED without prior > > written permission by the LinuxSampler authors. If you have questions > > on the subject, that are not yet covered by the FAQ, please contact > > us. > > Sounds to me like a direct violation of Freedom 0, "The freedom to run > the program, for any purpose" > > Some explication from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > "The freedom to run the program means the freedom for any kind of > person or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for > any kind of overall job and purpose, without being required to > communicate about it with the developer or any other specific entity. > In this freedom, it is the user's purpose that matters, not the > developer's purpose; you as a user are free to run a program for your > purposes, and if you distribute it to someone else, she is then free > to run it for her purposes, but you are not entitled to impose your > purposes on her. " > > Granted, I've not read up on the LinuxSampler FAQ, but why this can't > be considered free software seems kinda blatant to me from what you've > quoted. > > -aaron > > -- > "Sleep is death without the responsibility." > -Fran Lebowitz, "Why I Love Sleep" > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > -- Luis de Bethencourt Guimerá luisbg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: B0ED1326 -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
