Re: Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-27 Thread TRiG
The DFSG is a statement of intent (so are the "Four Freedoms" of the Free Software Foundation). Each piece of software (and there are many) has a license. Whether the license agrees with the DFSG is, actually, a judgement call. Generally, I'm happy to go with the judgement of the people who pu

Re: Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-27 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/11/12 22:08, Gary Wilson wrote: Thank you very much. Your assistance is greatly appreciated If your son is interested in how it can be that there exists a complete operating system and thousands of pieces of software which are freely available for him to use without restriction and wit

Re: Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-25 Thread Gary Wilson
Thank you very much. Your assistance is greatly appreciated On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi Gary, > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 02:33:40PM -0500, Gary Wilson wrote: > > Good day - We have a son taking Computer Science at Ryerson University in > > Toronto Canada. He is

Re: Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-25 Thread Gary Wilson
Thank you very much. We sincerely appreciate your help On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Gary Wilson wrote: > > Good day - We have a son taking Computer Science at Ryerson > > University in Toronto Canada. He is very religious and is concerned > > that

Re: Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-25 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Gary, On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 02:33:40PM -0500, Gary Wilson wrote: > Good day - We have a son taking Computer Science at Ryerson University in > Toronto Canada. He is very religious and is concerned that using your > software without reading, in detail all of your license agreements > including

Re: Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-25 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Gary Wilson wrote: > Good day - We have a son taking Computer Science at Ryerson > University in Toronto Canada. He is very religious and is concerned > that using your software without reading, in detail all of your > license agreements including the entire list for both free

Ethics/morals issue

2012-11-25 Thread Gary Wilson
Good day - We have a son taking Computer Science at Ryerson University in Toronto Canada. He is very religious and is concerned that using your software without reading, in detail all of your license agreements including the entire list for both free and non-free suppliers. This is jeopardizing hi