>>2
What freedoms does the GPL allow me when applied to your shower?
I can make modifications to it, I expect the source code to your shower, and if I somehow change your shower, I must give these modifications to you, unless I only keep them to myself and don't show them to anyone?
When dealing with RMS, keep the following things in mind:
* He has very very little time, so his answers may seem impolite at times.
* In order to save time, he will sometimes end a discussion with “This decision is final.” He’s just trying to save us all a pointless discussion.
* In order to help us all focus on the important parts, he may sometimes say that your idea is not bad, but people should rather spend some time on the issues in the TODO list.
* He reads several hundred mails a day, and probably won’t remember your last mail, so be sure to provide enough context so that each of your mails can be read on its own.
* He doesn’t have web access, so if you want to refer to some web page, paste the relevant stuff into your email for him to read.
* He has an auto-reply which will send you a mail every month, telling you about his lack of time. (See below for an excerpt.)
* He will reply in about 48 hours, since he downloads email only once a day. So, keep in mind that he is currently repyling to your mail sent 2 days ago, and has NOT seen your mail sent 12 hours ago.
* When he asks you a question and you don’t reply, you will get an automated reminder after two weeks, and another after a month.
General advice:
* If you think that he should give you some slack since you’re supporting the cause, think again. He has very little time, but he’ll note a breach of the GPL any time, and ask you to back down.
* If you think that he should offer some support because you’re supporting the cause, think again. He probably doesn’t know your project. You’re free to apply for accounts on gnu.org machines, or using Savannah as an alternative to SourceForge, but he won’t come forth himself and offer it to you.
* If you’re easily offended by curt answers, or if you disagree with RMS on some points of the GNU licenses, either talk to somebody else, or be prepared to argue your case with the support of lawyers, because RMS has asked lawyers, so the only reply you’ll get is “our lawyers said so and so.”
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Anonymous2010-03-25 10:48
>>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense AT&T Public License [..] The license has two other obnoxious features: [...] It asserts one needs a license from AT&T to make a link to their web site. This is not an immediate practical problem, since the license says it gives permission to make such a link. (Anyway, people shouldn't make links to sites about non-free software.) But such a claim should not be made or propagated.
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Anonymous2010-03-25 10:51
I also found proof that RMS is evil:
The JSON License This is the license of the original implementation of the JSON data interchange format. This license uses the Expat license as a base, but adds a clause mandating: “The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.” This is a restriction on usage and thus conflicts with freedom 0. The restriction might be unenforcible, but we cannot presume that. Thus, the license is nonfree.
When dealing with girls, keep the following things in mind:
* Promote physical activity as something that’s fun to do. Don’t focus on physical appearance outcomes, and let girls know that health is not defined by body size.
* While physical activity is an important part of health, being skinny is not. People of a variety of weights and body shapes can be healthy.
* Avoid assumptions about boys’ and girls’ abilities and about what kinds of activities are right for boys and girls. Promote a wide range of activities for both.
* Free time is important. Kids need time to just be kids and do activities of their choice.
* When possible, make physical activity a part of other activities that girls like to do.
>>20
Free Speech isn't a western value, and if you ask most people around you they don't want fully free speech e.g there was a guy in Canada a few months back who IIRC got a prison sentence for writing some pedo fiction. All you are doing is trying to take a potshot at the Chinese, because you are too arrogant to notice the limits of your freedoms.
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Anonymous2010-03-25 14:38
>>22
Oh yeah? Well at least you can criticise the state- that's a whole more than you can in China.