Xavier Roche dijo [Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:55:57AM +0100]: > > > Fonts or documentations are not softwares, for god's sake! > > everything that is not hardware is software > > So a cat is a software, or a hardware ? Do I have to provide the sources > (the DNA full sequence) if I want to give a kitten to someone, following > the "free" spirit ? :p
A cat is not licensed under a viral license ;-) And, more important, is not covered by copyright law (at least, I have not heard of a breeder copyrighting the colors and/or design in the back of his carefully-bred kittens) > > all the rest is excuses and play with words. > > My opinion is that my holiday pictures aren't neither hardware nor > software. Mine are mostly software nowadays, but my father still prefers the hardware version. Oh, and very important: It should be no surprise to you that I am not constant with my choice of license - Some of my pictures are _not_ redistributable nor modifiable. Some, of course, are. > > Indeed, but they should know (and we should tell them), that the hardware > > they > > are buying is not free-software friendly > > Err, I think the problem is that most users *do not care*. They just want > their card to *work*. Remember Debian is not after the market share. I'd like more people to use Debian, as long as Debian is what it has always been - And by incorporating ndiswrapper-requiring modules, it would change its essence. > I think this more productive to make their card work, AND then tell them > "this card is working with a non-free piece of thing, meaning that you may > have problems in the future in case of bugs or after upgrading your > system. please ask the manufacturer to do something about it" And break the stability promise we make? Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
