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Re: Irony
- From: "John Dyson" <dyson at iquest dot net>
- To: "Robert Dewar" <dewar at gnat dot com>,"Florian Weimer" <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- Cc: <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>,<prj at po dot cwru dot edu>,<gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:54:46 -0500
- Subject: Re: Irony
- References: <20021130132918.CD938F28F7@nile.gnat.com> <87bs47atb5.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>
GPL doesn't guarantee access to source code either. Free software
is about freedom of use and reuse, and not to give software a human
characteristic or right. Something (a thing) that is free doesn't have
special strings
attached (or cost) for use or reuse. In a way, it is like an idea, where
someone cannot compel you to give away your idea, but without
restrictions, then the idea can be used. If the idea isn't free, then
you have to pay a duty for the use or reuse. Costs of redistribution
that include objects beyond what is in that distribution, disqualify
that original object as being free. Costs of redistribution can include
necessary redistribution of other objects, or even money.
If we talk about humans, with free will, then the notion of freeness
is different.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Weimer" <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: "Robert Dewar" <dewar@gnat.com>
Cc: <espie@quatramaran.ens.fr>; <prj@po.cwru.edu>; <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Irony
> dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:
>
> >> The BSD licence, for one.
> >
> > The BSD license is a Free Software license,
>
> The BSD license doesn't say anything about the availability of
> sources, so software covered by the BSD license is not automatically
> free software.
>
> > Public Domain software is of course Free Software for example even
> > though it has no licenses.
>
> Here's a similar problem.
>
>