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Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Solaris package b
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Jaime E. Villate |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Solaris package builder |
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Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:34:17 +0100 |
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 11:43:36AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> Le lun 17 jun 2002 à 9h26, Günther Schreiner a écrit :
> > Having written several tools of free software, I'm really surprised
> > about your statement about "proprietary software". Currently no
> > software is completely free in that sense as there will be
> > proprietary
> > parts within the runtime environment like firmware of the Ethernet
> > controllers for example.
True. But we currently have a system (GNU/Linux) that we consider much closer
to our ideals than Solarix. We have chosen to help GNU/Linux users and not
Solarix users. That's why your project cannot be accepted in Savannah, unless
it can be used by GNU/Linux users too.
> > Never have had to discuss whether it makes
> > sense to publish GPL software based on a perceived operating system.
It is not a licensing problem that Mathieu was pointing out. There is no doubt
your project is Free Software and it will help the advancement of Free
Software.
Best regards,
Jaime