On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:05:57AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le dimanche 12 février 2006 à 09:22 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > > Am I in violation of the License merely by unpacking make or > > by doing an "tla get" on my machine? If I am, why is this free -- I > > can't even unpack the sources " with no Invariant Sections, with no > > Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts" on my SELinux > > running Linux machine without breaking the law. > > > > If people who sponsored the second amendment can explain to me > > why something that prevents me from using SELinux when all I am doing > > is unpack and copy make sources is deemed free, I would be, err, > > grateful. > > Don't be so stubborn. This could be easily worked around by making GFDL > works depend on a package containing a rootkit. This way, their > installation would always comply with the license.
Or another popular argument these days, "not being allowed to put a password on your machine is just a practical problem, which doesn't make the license non-free". -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
