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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Abraham Marín Pérez [mailto:tecnic5@××××××××.com] |
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:43 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? |
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> burlingk@×××××××××.mil escribió: |
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> > |
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> >> -----Original Message----- |
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> >> From: lunarcrisis@×××××.com [mailto:lunarcrisis@×××××.com] On |
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> >> Behalf Of Henk Boom |
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> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:08 AM |
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> >> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? |
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> > |
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> > The four freedoms: |
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> > Freedom 0: The freedom to run a program for any purpose. |
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> Freedom 1: To |
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> > study the way a program works, and adapt it to your needs. |
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> Freedom 2: |
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> > To redistribute copies so that you can help your neighbors. |
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> Freedom 3: |
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> > Improve the program, and release your improvements to |
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> > the public, so that the whole community benefits. |
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> > For freedom 1 and 3 to work, the code must be open. |
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> > Freedom 1 is just as important as the other three. Freedom one is |
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> > almost eliminated in GPLv3. Freedom One is the freedom that was |
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> > most whole heartedly expressed in the original manifesto. |
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> > Freedom 3 is the one that GPLv3 is making most important |
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> now. It does |
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> > so to the detriment of the other three. |
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> I'm not very into licenses and hence my question may seem evident (or |
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> even stupid) but still... does not Freedom 3 imply Freedom 1? I mean, |
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> how can you improve a program without being able to study it? |
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:) |
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The freedoms were listed before any license was written. |
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They were the credo that the GNU foundation was founded upon. |
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They were still the credo when the name became the Free Software Foundation. |
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^_^ |
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Now the direction of the organization has apparently changed. |
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They are more interested in slowing down the competition than |
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helping the community. When they first started, the competition |
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was still thought of as a part of the community. :/ |
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I worry. |
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