Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-08-01 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:24:21 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > > > gnutoo and i believ

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-31 Thread bill-auger
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 02:28:36 +0200 Denis wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:24:21 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > > gnutoo and i believe that per its explicit wording, it is non-free > At the beginning I thought it was but then when I sent that mail I > didn't read all the license so you think it is accep

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-16 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:24:21 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:05:27 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > > may we return to the original topic? > > ill do that one better - i changed the subject and will recap > > so far: > > gnutoo and i believe that per its explicit wording, it is non-fre

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-14 Thread bill-auger
On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:48:00 -0400 Ruben wrote: > Also I still maintain that beneath-a-steel-sky and such are under a > (badly written) free license. which brings us back to where we were last week - it seems that the license has been fully reviewed, and all opinions have been expressed on that

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-07 Thread bill-auger
On Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:05:04 -0400 Richard wrote: > I don't know what this license says, but this "precedent" argument is > not the right way to think about these issues. If a decision is > clearly right, we don't need to cite a precedent for it, this post shows the dubious section of the license

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-07 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > ruben suggested that the wording is confusing, and that GNU has previously > es

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-04 Thread bill-auger
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 20:34:25 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > if that is the path forward, let us begin so to begin that debate, i need only to quote my previous message > gnutoo and i believe that per its explicit wording, it is non-free and add that, now jason concurs: its words, however confusing, ma

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-04 Thread bill-auger
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 17:03:21 -0700 Jason wrote: > Is it time to revisit the established precedent for the SIL Open Font > License? i dont know - that is exactly where the discussion left off - RMS suggested that; and AFAIK RMS is the one who made the previous determination, and only RMS could make

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-04 Thread Jason Self
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:24:21 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:05:27 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > > may we return to the original topic? > > ill do that one better - i changed the subject and will recap > > so far: > > gnutoo and i believe that per its explicit wording, it is non-f

[GNU-linux-libre] is the license of 'bass' acceptable?

2023-07-04 Thread bill-auger
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:05:27 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > may we return to the original topic? ill do that one better - i changed the subject and will recap so far: gnutoo and i believe that per its explicit wording, it is non-free ruben suggested that the wording is confusing, and that GNU has pre