Movements (was: Terminology (was: Please review our new charter))
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Thu Feb 5 18:43:35 UTC 2009
Am Donnerstag, dem 05. Feb 2009 schrieb Alfred M. Szmidt:
> But I did not want to harp on that. We all agree that those are just
> few exceptions. All in all Free Software and Open Source accept almost
> the same licenses.
>
> That implies that a non-free software license is similar to a free
> software one, I do not see the similarity.
No, I didn't want to imply that. Most licences are the same. That's what
I wanted to say. And that it is not always that clear, whether a license is
still free or not. And that there may be different opinions on some edge
cases.
> The OSI accept freely non-free software licenses, whilst the FSF does not.
To quote the Free Software Definition:
| Sometimes a license requirement raises an issue that calls for extensive
| thought, including discussions with a lawyer, before we can decide if
| the requirement is acceptable.
So also the FSF says, that it is not always that clear.
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