Re: What does the FSF advocate regarding non-free software
beirne wrote: > > I'm thinking through my opinions about the FSF and am trying to figure > something out. I know the FSF believes that free software is the > correct form of licensing, but does the FSF formally advocate the > elimination of copyright laws that allow for non-free software? http://groups.google.de/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/f3dc297fc150be05 AM4: The problem with this change in the copyright laws for three would be that you wouldn't get the sources. RMS: Right. There would have also to be a condition, a law that to sell copies of the software to the public the source code must be deposited somewhere so that three years later it can be released. So it could be deposited say, with the library of congress in the US, and I think other countries have similar institutions where copies of published books get placed, and they could also received the source code and after three years, publish it. And of course, if the source code didn't correspond to the executable that would be fraud, and in fact if it really corresponds then they ought to be able to check that very easily when the work is published initially so you're publishing the source code and somebody there says alright "dot slash configure dot slash make" and sees if produces the same executables and uh. regards, alexander. ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
Re: What does the FSF advocate regarding non-free software
"beirne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm thinking through my opinions about the FSF and am trying to > figure something out. I know the FSF believes that free software is > the correct form of licensing, but does the FSF formally advocate > the elimination of copyright laws that allow for non-free software? The copyright laws protecting non-free software are the same laws as those protecting free software. The FSF cooperates with several other organizations trying to limit the overreaching extent of copyright laws. This sort of lobbying affects both free and non-free software. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
Re: What does the FSF advocate regarding non-free software
"beirne" == beirne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: beirne> I'm thinking through my opinions about the FSF and am trying to beirne> figure something out. I know the FSF believes that free beirne> software is the correct form of licensing, but does the FSF beirne> formally advocate the elimination of copyright laws that allow beirne> for non-free software? No. It is copyright law that allows the FSF to enforce the GNU GPL. -- --- Eric Eide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . University of Utah School of Computing http://www.cs.utah.edu/~eeide/ . +1 (801) 585-5512 voice, +1 (801) 581-5843 FAX ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
