On 28-02-2017 13:22, Carsten Agger wrote:
The ultimate goal of the free software movement is that *all* software
should provide its users the four freedoms. Proprietary software
should become a thing of the past. This is a lot to do with the wish
for a free society - Stallman's analysis of th
On Tuesday 28. February 2017 10.11.04 Agner Fog wrote:
> On 27-02-2017 15:44, Paul Boddie wrote:
> > What would be interesting to see is an organisation that can invoice
> > people for spending money on Free Software which remains Free Software.
>
> Yes, exactly. An organization to sell license ex
On 02/26/2017 08:26 PM, Agner Fog wrote:
If our business models never involve releasing under a proprietary
license, we're not contributing to the proprietary software economy,
and that's that.
Acturally, we are contributing indirectly if an open source library is
used in proprietary softwar
Hi!
> On 28 Feb 2017, at 10:11, Agner Fog wrote:
>
> Mirko Boehm wrote:
>> I cannot speak for FSFE, but I think the setup can be made simpler: Anybody
>> can donate to FSFE. Just ask them to provide proof of the donation, and then
>> you give them a license. This way you don’t need any kind of
>
> Is it common to assign the copyright to FSF, even when FSF has nothing
> to do with the project? I can see the advantage of unifying the
> copyright, but also administrative burdens on FSF, and potentials for
> abuse.
> ___
Maybe this helps with enforcement when people don't resp
On 27-02-2017 15:44, Paul Boddie wrote:
What would be interesting to see is an organisation that can invoice people
for spending money on Free Software which remains Free Software.
Yes, exactly. An organization to sell license exceptions to GPL software.
Do you think the FSF will endorse such a
