Fedora Freedom and linux-libre

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jun 9 19:03:08 UTC 2008


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, if I misunderstood. When someone describes an alternative to 
>> promote their argument, I assume they are promoting the alternative as 
>> well.  But what did that mean if it's not what he wants?
> 
> It just means exactly what it says. If you don't agree with a license 
> terms, you don't get permission to distribute the software even if the 
> licensing terms seem odd to you as noted by a judge in the recent Skype 
> case for violating GPL.
> 
> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/05/08/

> This simple fact requires no assumption on your part.

There are a near-infinite number of simple facts that someone could post 
here.  But why, unless they mean to promote or advocate them?

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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