On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 5:34 AM Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I would like to inquire regarding digital-ocean-configuration type used for > provisioning DigitalOcean Droplets. I do not understand why it is acceptable > to > have this type in the source code. Reading the Free GNU/Linux distributions > criteria[0] I see this sentence (emphasis mine): > > > This means they will include, and *propose*, exclusively free software. > > As far as I know DigitalOcean Droplets are not free software (please correct > me > if I am wrong). I contemplated on this for a bit, and I do not understand why > it is acceptable. > > Would someone be so kind to explain the reason to me?
Perhaps this will help explain why you can't simply call a web service nonfree: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.en.html To use a different example: Google doesn't publish the source code for YouTube. Guix includes the free software yt-dlp program that can talk to YouTube and download videos. Would you consider this a violation of the FSDG? Guix also downloads a lot of source code from GitHub. Is this an issue? - Dave
