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Re: Why is Fedora not a Free GNU/Linux distributions?
- From: Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>
- To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list redhat com>
- Cc: Matthew, aoliva redhat com, Saltzman <mjs clemson edu>
- Subject: Re: Why is Fedora not a Free GNU/Linux distributions?
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:01:57 +0100
> The GPL meets both the FS and the OSS definition.
News to me. GPLv3 has clauses which are specifically aimed at certain
uses, and clauses which contain systematic biases in favour of people who
have certain long standing arrangements with Microsoft.
It's not IMHO an OSS licence. Free yes, OSS no. Something I imagine RMS
is not too worried about ?
Alan
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