On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi Santiago, > > > I can still write free software using GPLed code fragments. > > I can't write free software using TAO fragments, because TAO itself > > forbids me to do so. I think there is a big difference. > > "Free" by the definition of the GPL.
No, DFSG-Free, which is the kind of freeness we are discussing. If you think that the GPL is not free enough, go ahead, you may propose a modification to the DFSG that explicitly says that we don't want any GPLed software (not recommended ;-). On the other side, if you think that the "may restrict the source from being distributed in modified form _only if patches are allowed ..." is too restrictive, you may propose a modification to the DFSG so that "being conform to a given standard" becomes yet another allowed exception. But until then, the DFSG that we have are the ones that we currently have. -- "c0a3975f4a98a24c6085e5e7cef2b479" (a truly random sig)
