[PD-dev] Yves Degoyon

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 30, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Yves Degoyon wrote:

> Marc Lavallée wrote:
>
>> Le 30 Décembre 2005 01:43, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
>>
>>> Any statement in a license can't just be disregarded.  That's a very
>>> clear statement within a license, so its legally binding.  And
>>> therefore PiDiP is not free software.
>>>
>>
>> It has a weak legal binding. I would'nt say that it's "unfree"  
>> software, it's more like a open source software with a moral  
>> statement written as a banner in capital letters. This could be  
>> included in the "readme", not in the license.
>>
>>
>>> I'd prefer to have that phrase removed from the PiDiP license,  
>>> though I
>>> agree with its sentiment. Otherwise it will make distributing PiDiP
>>> difficult, among other things.
>>>
>>
>> Yves's intention is to distribute PiDiP as free software, and its  
>> license is very easy to fix...
>>
> there's _no way_ this statement will disappear, man...
> i want to give it for alternative networks not for the power suckers...

That's bad news.

Therefore, we are forced to remove PiDiP from the Pd-extended packages,  
to keep the license issues clear.

You are also hurting alternative networks by using a non-free license.   
The GNU GPL is good enough for most alternative networks, I am hoping  
it can be good enough for you too.

.hc

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