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Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repol
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:53:01 +0200 |
> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:12:17 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,
> arthur.miller@live.com, dgutov@yandex.ru
>
> > Only a special class of derivative works can be distributed freely,
> > and it sounds like some of these would fall under "fair use" anyway.
> > Certainly this isn't enough to qualify as a free software license?
> >
> > However, this document itself may not be modified in any way,
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > including by removing the copyright notice or references to OASIS,
> > except as needed for the purpose of developing any document or
> > deliverable produced by an OASIS Technical Committee (in which case
> > the rules applicable to copyrights, as set forth in the OASIS IPR
> > Policy, must be followed) or as required to translate it into
> > languages other than English.
>
> Then it is not free.
Forgive me for a possibly naïve question, but why on earth would you
want to modify a schema? It's the same as modifying a physical law.
Would you say that E = mc² is "non-free" because it cannot be
meaningfully modified at will?
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, (continued)
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Jean Louis, 2021/01/27
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/25
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/25
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/26
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/26
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/01/26
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/27
- Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Jean Louis, 2021/01/24
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Ulrich Mueller, 2021/01/24
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Jean Louis, 2021/01/24
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Ulrich Mueller, 2021/01/24
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/25
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/01/26
- Re: Org schemas we talked to be non-free, was: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/28