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From: | Koh Choon Lin |
Subject: | Re: [gNewSense-users] gNS accepted licenses |
Date: | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:56:01 +0800 |
gNewSense does not, has not and will not redefine the defintion of Free Software. It has always been four-freedom centric. The freedoms existed BEFORE there was a GPL, before there was a "Free Software License". Threats to the four freedoms motivated RMS to do something - it's why there is "Free Software" to this day.
I must agree that gNewSense is one of the very few GNU/Linux distributions that actively enforce the state of the freedom of software. However, I would like to see the practical side of the situation, which is also the same situation that led RMS to come up with freedom #3 (that is, there are just too much software in the world). Thus, I would like to ask if the gNewSense project is going to actively verify the free-ness of each and every piece of software even though they are already GPL-ed? Regards Koh Choon Lin
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