On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Matthias Huber < matthias.hu...@wollishausen.de> wrote:
> 06.11.2009 08:32, Shaz : > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Paul Fertser <fercer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> a dehqan <dehqa...@gmail.com> writes: >> > 3 - Problem is that : our religion Eslam says you can use a person >> > code while he/she allows you , now There are codes and wiki and >> > .. on Google host .Even google is not owner of codes , Host pertains >> > to google . So using that address and host is not possible for >> > moslems now . >> >> I can't exactly follow the logic. You said google doesn't want you to >> use their site. In fact i doubt that's true. They don't care if you >> use their site or not; they implemented that "restriction" solely to >> make some US jerks happy and to not have any problems with their >> inappropriate legislation. Also you should note that google is not a >> person, it's a large corporation functioning in a complex >> international environment. So even if they say they're prohibiting >> something it doesn't mean they actually do (and in fact they can't) >> and/or want it. >> >> I hope someone more skilled in Islam than me can clarify this matter >> from a religious POV but judging on common grounds it's perfectly >> moral to circumvent an artificial restriction especially given that >> restricting anybody is not intended. >> > > In simple words Google cannot give you something directly and you have to > get it through the third party because the first party wants to give it to > you while an *influential* body above google is just creating hurdles due > to its own interests. So I guess there is no moral issue to get it through a > third party and Google has no benefit in restricting it, infact it is going > against their interest considering the matter at hand. > > and from the view of the license GPL, it is explicitely allowed to use and > modify this code. > I think Apache license. > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > -- Shaz
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