which uses copyright to *enable* sharing (vs. the default
of *disabling* sharing).
+<br/>
+<br/>
<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses">
<img src="http://info9.net/images/osi-licenses.png" alt="Open Source Licenses"/>
</a>
+<br/>
And so I have appreciated many of the writings and speeches
from SFLC on the mechanisms of software freedom. I was
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.
"[the combination] is inconsistent with the literal meaning of
GPLv2 section 2(b)."
-**Wat?** The entire *raison d'ĂȘtre* for open source software licenses
+<br/>
+**Wat?**
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+The entire [*raison d'ĂȘtre*][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!!!
(or just over $5 million) from "non public support" (see page 14).
A number with "two commas" would even be interesting to
-for profit companies. Just *whom* is making these "donations"
+for-profit companies. Just *whom* is making these "donations"
and what exactly do they get in return? Apparently [I'm not the only one
-wondering about this question][emacsen-on-slfc].
+wondering about this question][emacsen-on-sflc].
On one hand it's important to know if SFLC as a non-profit is, indeed,
acting in the public interest (as the IRS requires). Yet the even
-bigger issue here is would "asking for a consensus about the spirit"
+bigger issue here is **would "asking for a consensus about the spirit"
trump the written copyright license and set a scary precedent for open
-source software in general?
+source software in general?**
[[!tag sflc gpl cddl zfs floss]]
[webmink-on-cddl]: https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/choice_of_venue
[cddl]: https://opensource.org/licenses/CDDL-1.0
[freedombox]: https://freedomboxfoundation.org
-[pchestek-on-sflc]: https://twitter.com/pchestek/status/703704091227246593
+[pchestek-on-sflc]: https://twitter.com/pchestek/status/703933428341805056
[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