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Re: Mark Mitchell as C++ co-maintainer
- To: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Subject: Re: Mark Mitchell as C++ co-maintainer
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at rabi dot columbia dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:55:13 -0400
- cc: "Paul D. Smith" <psmith at baynetworks dot com>, alex dot buell at tahallah dot demon dot co dot uk, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:45:44 -0400, David Edelsohn wrote:
>>>>>> Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
>Chip> According to Paul D. Smith:
>>> Unfortunately ssh's licensing is such that it isn't acceptable for
>>> installation on the GNU systems.
>
>Chip> Before BSD was free, I suppose gnu.org ran on... what? Air?
>Chip> Sometimes there are compelling reasons to use a non-free program.
>
> The problem with using SSH is not SSH's license, but SSH's own use
>of GMP covered by the LGPL. The commercial version of SSH continues to use
>the GNU MP library, but the distributors do not follow the requirements of
>the LGPL. It would look very strange for the FSF to use software that not
>only is not free but flaunts the FSF's own license.
Last time this came up, RMS simply said that security wasn't important
enough to warrant using non-free software. Keep in mind that this is
the guy who would like to hand out accounts on gnu.org to anyone who
asks, and who still has no password on his account.
zw