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Just don't call it free software. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html "The freedom to run the progra
by arsome 6y ago
Just don't call it free software.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
"The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0)."
- prvc 6y agoInteresting point. Would like to hear what someone like RMS would say about this case.
- josephcsible 6y agoHe doesn't care what restrictions are in a program's source code, as long as you're both legally allowed and technically able to create and use a modified version of the program without them.
- almaember 6y agoBut I think he did say that such restrictions are bad and people should remove it
- robrtsql 6y agoWhich Mastodon client doesn't respect this freedom? Tusky is GPL v3 (https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/blob/develop/LICENSE.txt https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/blob/develop/LICENSE.txt). If you disagree with Tusky's choice to prevent accessing gab, you're free to fork it.
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- josephcsible 6y agoIt's still free software. It only wouldn't be if the license said you weren't allowed to remove the restrictions, or if it didn't come with the source code needed for you to do so.