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No. Free software is software that confers, as practical capabilities, the four fundamental software freedoms to its users. If what you said were true, whence
by pxc 11y ago
No. Free software is software that confers, as practical capabilities, the four fundamental software freedoms to its users.
If what you said were true, whence the GPLv3? Tivoization, impossible build systems, etc., absolutely can defeat the purpose and spirit of free software. When they do, we are right to call projects hobbled by such practices 'virtually unfree' or 'practically proprietary' or whatever.
- Mikeb85 11y agoThose fundamental freedoms are what determine whether a license is free or not, according to the FSF. Compliance with free licenses makes the software free (legally). And of course, licenses are legal documents, subject to the laws in the jurisdiction that applies.