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en:philosophy:community_software [2024/07/03 05:13] throgh [But what if a corporation makes a free program, under a free software license for selling free software, would you recognize this as non-free?] |
en:philosophy:community_software [2024/07/03 15:09] (current) throgh [But the FSF is listing some of your excluded and removed packages as free?] |
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| On-going in different articles we have mentioned **community-oriented and -driven software**. So within this article we want to give an overview what and how we understand this phrase. | On-going in different articles we have mentioned **community-oriented and -driven software**. So within this article we want to give an overview what and how we understand this phrase. | ||
| - | We understand the mentioned phrase and wording to be used for free, libre and permissive licensed software-projects being most time only developed within a community of people, not with any kind of company and / or corporation behind. A trademark included is under these conditions most time used only to protect the project itself and not to misuse it further against interested individuals or groups to prevent modification, | + | We understand the mentioned phrase and wording to be used for free, libre and permissive licensed software-projects being most time only developed within a community of people, not with any kind of company and / or corporation behind. |
| + | A trademark included is under these conditions most time used only to protect the project itself and not to misuse it further against interested individuals or groups to prevent modification, | ||
| ===== Where are the issues with companies and / or corporations? | ===== Where are the issues with companies and / or corporations? | ||
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| ===== But the FSF is listing some of your excluded and removed packages as free? ===== | ===== But the FSF is listing some of your excluded and removed packages as free? ===== | ||
| - | Yes, the FSF (Free Software Foundation) has their [[https:// | + | Yes, the FSF (Free Software Foundation) has their [[https:// |
| ===== But you can rebrand for example programming-languages or other software? ===== | ===== But you can rebrand for example programming-languages or other software? ===== | ||
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| Yes, the FSF is listing reasonings for distribution: | Yes, the FSF is listing reasonings for distribution: | ||
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| Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, if they don't substantively limit your | Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, if they don't substantively limit your | ||
| freedom to release modified versions, or your freedom to make and use modified versions privately. | freedom to release modified versions, or your freedom to make and use modified versions privately. | ||
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| And the quote from the FSF is going also further: | And the quote from the FSF is going also further: | ||
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| Rules that “if you make your version available in this way, you must make it available in that way also” | Rules that “if you make your version available in this way, you must make it available in that way also” | ||
| can be acceptable too, on the same condition. An example of such an acceptable rule is | can be acceptable too, on the same condition. An example of such an acceptable rule is | ||
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| - | Because this means in fact that Hyperbola would need to do several forks from upstream and that amount of work is again to underline impossible for small system-projects. In fact the FSF has written those principles with good intention, but also with ignoring the amount of rising complexity. Exactly that complexity Hyperbola rejects and is not oriented on. What " | + | Because this means in fact that Hyperbola would need to do several forks from upstream and that amount of work is again to underline impossible for small system-projects. In fact the FSF has written those principles with good intention, but also with ignoring the amount of rising complexity. Exactly that complexity Hyperbola rejects and is not oriented on. What " |
| ===== But what if a corporation makes a free program, under a free software license for selling free software, would you recognize this as non-free? ===== | ===== But what if a corporation makes a free program, under a free software license for selling free software, would you recognize this as non-free? ===== | ||