[PD-dev] Yves Degoyon

[Yves Degoyon]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

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> On Dec 30, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Yves Degoyon wrote:
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>> Marc Lavallée wrote:
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>>> Le 30 Décembre 2005 01:43, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
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>>>> 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...
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> 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.


you know what? i don't care at all...
just sad to see the whole community to go a very wrong way ...

anyway, pd is just a computer program ..
it doesn't matter so much.

saludos,
sevy

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