From: Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
To: svante.signell@gmail.com
Cc: Guix-devel <Guix-devel@gnu.org>, gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org
Subject: Re: (Really) Free Software future Was: Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, ...
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:13:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bdaa8b2a6c9c1b3c23992352144b3ea0194a9e3f.camel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b462b5aeda0c98b3a11c07bdee30295145df6a05.camel@gmail.com>
On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 12:07 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> Perhaps we should divide free software into two groups: 1) Really
> free software where Freedom 1 applies and 2) not-so-free software
> where Freedom 1 does no longer applies.
>
> Here gnome and systemd are in the second kind.
Both GNOME and systemd are fully free software that support all four
freedoms, including freedom 1.
> Especially systemd, even if GPLed, is currently swallowing most of
> free software excluding large groups of people to make contributions.
Neither excluding upstream contributions nor "swallowing" other free
software projects violate any of the four freedoms.
As long as you are able to run the program, access the source code,
modify the source code as you like, and distribute both the original
and your modifications to others, then your freedoms are preserved.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-14 16:13 UTC|newest]
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2019-10-10 2:37 ` Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew Jean Louis
2019-10-10 11:39 ` Dmitry Alexandrov
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2019-10-10 20:29 ` Dmitry Alexandrov
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2019-10-14 7:46 ` Reminder to keep posts on topic Ricardo Wurmus
2019-10-14 15:17 ` Mikhail Kryshen
2019-10-14 16:14 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-10-10 16:18 ` Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew Stefan Huchler
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2019-10-14 10:07 ` (Really) Free Software future Was: Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, Svante Signell
2019-10-14 15:26 ` Jesse Gibbons
2019-10-14 16:13 ` Paul Smith [this message]
2019-10-14 16:52 ` (Really) Free Software future Svante Signell
2019-10-14 18:16 ` Paul Smith
2019-10-14 18:32 ` Alexander Vdolainen
2019-10-14 18:59 ` Jesse Gibbons
2019-10-14 19:18 ` Alexander Vdolainen
2019-10-14 19:35 ` marinus.savoritias
2019-10-14 20:49 ` Stefan Huchler
2019-10-19 23:00 ` (Really) Free Software future in the light of systemd Dmitry Alexandrov
2019-10-21 17:58 ` Jean Louis
2019-12-15 3:23 ` Richard Stallman
2019-10-14 19:11 ` (Really) Free Software future Paul Smith
2019-10-14 19:22 ` Alexander Vdolainen
2019-10-14 19:11 ` marinus.savoritias
2019-10-15 2:41 ` Richard Stallman
2019-10-15 19:56 ` Svante Signell
2019-10-15 20:31 ` marinus.savoritias
2019-10-15 21:00 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2019-10-16 6:00 ` Jean Louis
2019-10-16 18:40 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2019-10-16 18:51 ` Jean Louis
2019-10-18 3:10 ` Richard Stallman
2019-10-14 18:42 ` Jesse Gibbons
2019-10-15 9:07 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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2019-10-12 11:37 ` Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew Jean Louis
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