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Re: Definition of "free"

> > I disagree!  If it's free of cost and free of usage restrictions, then
> > why must it go in "non-free"?  I don't think that an author's choice
> > of whether or not to reveal his/her source is relavent.  I don't
> > think "freely modifiable" is a necessary property for software in
> > the main distribution.
> 
> Because the Debian concept of FREE includes distribution of source. Pine,
> for instance, only has one distribution restriction (can't be distributed
> with proprietary software) but that is enough to put it into non-free.

I can understand placing packages without source in "contrib".  At least
that goes out on CDs.  My point is simply that it is not "non-free".


> > If you want to get right down to the nitty gritty, the only truely
> > "free" form of software is public domain.  For all the FSF's high-handed
> > talk about "free software", I am not free to use their work in any way
> > I please.
> 
> I have heard these kinds of statements from others, but don't see the
> reason when I look at the license. As far as I can tell you are only
> restricted from removing the license and given responsibility for
> providing "all" of the software, including source.

That is exactly why it is not truely free.  I am not free to incorporate
parts of their source into my own work without adding their restrictions.
Truely "free" software is without restrictions.
                                             
                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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