Re: Just wondering...

Le mer 23/04/2003 à 11:40, Navindra Umanee a écrit :
> Julien Olivier <[email protected]> wrote:
> > For me, Free Software means software with a GPL-like license. Software
> > that can me distributed and modified without any restriction.
> 
> That isn't a description of the GPL.  The GPL has restrictions. 
> 

Of course I know that. My description is an over-simplification of the
GPL. I should have mentionned that the GPL forces your modifications to
remain Free Software for example. In fact, that's not a restriction,
it's a condition.

> > So, all in all, I prefer Free Software because it doesn't allow
> > misinterpretation.
> 
> That isn't true.  There is plenty of free software that isn't open
> source.
> 

? like which one ? I mean that, if my definition of Free Software is
correct (GPL-compatible software), they can't not be Open Source too.

> All in all, you seem to be rehashing RMS propaganda!  :-)
> 

Of course. Because I think he is perfectly right.

> Cheers,
> Navin.
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