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Re: Fwd: Questions regarding licensing issues
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, nkavv@physics.auth.gr wrote:
> I don't find any of these as an actual showstopper. The FSF is not entitled to
> decide whether a target architecture is a spoof or not as long as it is
> properly defined.
Correct. A court of competent jurisdiction can decide whether your scheme
conforms to the relevant licenses; neither licensing@fsf.org nor the
people on this list can.
I believe in free software as a contribution to a better society and
believe in the use of licenses such as GPLv3 to promote software sharing
by providing a software commons that can be used by those who will
contribute their changes to that commons, and do not consider this list -
or any GNU Project list - an appropriate place to seek advice about how to
do things going against the spirit of that commons.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com