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@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ make open source possible. It's the free software license
which uses copyright to *enable* sharing (vs. the default
of *disabling* sharing).
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And so I have appreciated many of the writings and speeches
from SFLC on the mechanisms of software freedom. I was
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ court that the "you know, the software license was really
about the spirit of sharing and that means we are allowed
to use it -- and not be held to the pesky details as written in the license".
-A lawyer I respect called this out: ["Equity" has no place in US law"][pchestek-on-sflc]. The point is that for lawyers software licenses work because
+A lawyer I respect called this out: ["Equity" has no place in US law][pchestek-on-sflc]. The point is that for lawyers software licenses work because
they have clear, written rules to guarantee the spirit is upheld; but spirit
doesn't work in front of a judge -- clear rules do.
@@ -59,9 +62,13 @@ of the license". Especially given the earlier comment which clearly states
"[the combination] is inconsistent with the literal meaning of
GPLv2 section 2(b)."
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**Wat?**
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-The entire *raison d'être* for open source software licenses
+The entire [*raison d'être*][raison] for open source software licenses
was so that developers (and users) would have clarity and
wouldn't have to *ask permission* to use the software!!!
@@ -99,3 +106,4 @@ source software in general?
[pchestek-on-sflc]: https://twitter.com/pchestek/status/703704091227246593
[sflc-990-2013]: http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/412/412165986/412165986_201401_990.pdf
[emacsen-on-sflc]: http://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2016/02/28/why-is-sflc-siding-with-oracle-over-linux-developers/
+[raison]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raison_d'%C3%AAtre