My problem is that the company, as described now, goes against the 4 freedoms. It assumes that the company acts as the only distribution channel. I don't believe this can happen, even looking at it as a nation.
I have worked with RMS on the CommCo. He supports it. He thinks it is a noble experiment. It does not goes against the 4 freedoms of the GPL.
On 26 May 2001 18:35:27 -0400, TonStanco@aol.com wrote:
My problem is that the company, as described now, goes against the 4 freedoms. It assumes that the company acts as the only distribution channel. I don't believe this can happen, even looking at it as a nation.
I have worked with RMS on the CommCo. He supports it. He thinks it is a noble experiment. It does not goes against the 4 freedoms of the GPL.
I am really missing, because until now I understood that FSMC will pay developers to develop free software that FSMC will be the single point of distribution.
For me this means that, effectively, developers will be trading their "freedom to make copies for others" for a salary. What am I missing ?
-- Joao Miguel Neves