From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: sds@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: lldb support
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 17:25:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1c5gkG-00062L-4u@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1wpg9et8a.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Sam Steingold on Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:01:25 -0500)
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> What is wrong with replacing a GNU package with a non-GNU
> package which is free software?
> How is it a loss for GNU?
It's clear that the replacement of any GNU package is bad for the GNU
Project, even in cases where it is not an injustice.
However, it is misleading to say that GDB would be replaced with other
free software. There is a program called lldb which is free, but
since it is not copylefted, we must expect it to be the core of a
collection of software _some of which is nonfree_.
In the case of GDB, the corresponding collection has to be free
software, due to the GNU GPL.
A noncopylefted free program is not ipso facto an injustice, but it
fails to resist injustice. Replacing a copylefted free program with a
noncopylefted free program opens a door to nonfree software, where
previously we resisted it.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-12 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-07 20:05 lldb support Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-07 20:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-11-08 3:08 ` Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-08 13:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-11-08 19:58 ` John Wiegley
2016-11-09 0:54 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-09 1:17 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-11-09 3:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-10 0:24 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-10 0:26 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-11-11 1:26 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-11 4:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-11-11 4:46 ` Nikolaus Rath
2016-11-12 0:42 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-11 9:44 ` Philippe Vaucher
2016-11-11 17:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-11-11 17:42 ` Stefan Huchler
2016-11-11 17:47 ` John Wiegley
2016-11-12 0:59 ` Stefan Huchler
2016-11-12 22:30 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-14 21:58 ` John Wiegley
2016-11-16 4:13 ` Joseph Mingrone
2016-11-16 14:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-25 20:43 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-11 19:01 ` Sam Steingold
2016-11-12 1:02 ` Stefan Huchler
2016-11-12 22:25 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2016-11-12 0:54 ` Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-12 22:30 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-10 1:51 ` Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-10 1:57 ` Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-10 3:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-10 9:33 ` Toon Claes
2016-11-10 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-10 16:27 ` Toon Claes
2016-11-10 17:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-12 7:04 ` Toon Claes
2016-11-12 7:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-01-04 21:35 ` Toon Claes
2016-11-10 13:58 ` Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-10 16:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-09 1:37 ` John Wiegley
2016-11-09 3:06 ` Perry E. Metzger
2016-11-10 0:23 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-10 1:18 ` John Mastro
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