This should be moved to sage-flame. On Friday, August 15, 2014 10:42:14 AM UTC+2, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) wrote: > > If not against the GPL, this certainly seems to be going against the > *spirit* of the Sage project. >
What's the spirit of the Sage project? It's mission statement? Please explain. In particular, how making an almost unmodified version of Sage available to a much larger user-base with a greatly reduced level of entrance (i.e. creating a login credentials vs. downloading >1GB, installing VirtualBox and running a virtual machine) has any implications besides fulfilling the mission... > Maybe it is legal. I don't think it is morally right. > Everyone contributing to Sage is hopefully aware that it is GPL licensed. The core essence of GPLed code is that it can be used for any purposes - free (as in beer), commercial, medical, military, energy, etc. [0] For me it would be morally questionable, if e.g. you would impose moral considerations about how the code should be used. In particular, who gives *you* the legitimacy to decide what is a moral use and what is not a moral use? Nobody should have that. [0] freedom 0, see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html My own point of view is that there are great examples where using open-sourced code for different circumstances improves it's quality. e.g. Linux Kernel, Mozilla Project, … My core argument is, that merely implanting Sage in different environments doesn't diminish its value or functionality. Finally, if you do not like SMC, ignore it. H -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
