Re: [ros-dev] Freedom

[David Johnson]

Love it!
On Aug 16, 2007, at 7:48 AM, James Tabor wrote:

>   Hi,
>  I want ReactOS to become free again. From gnu.org,
>
>  Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy,  
>  distribute, study, change and improve
>  the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom,  
>  for the users of the software:
>
>  * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
>  * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your  
>  needs (freedom 1). Access to
>     the source code is a precondition for this.
>  * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor  
>  (freedom 2).
>  * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements  
>  to the public, so that the whole
>  community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a  
>  precondition for this.
>
>  We forget what this is all about. We need to be liberated from the  
>  shackles and chains.
>
>
>  Replace "Tainted Developers" with this:
>
>  Referring to Proprietary Programs:
>  Don't in any circumstances refer to any closed source proprietary  
>  code for or during your work on
>  ReactOS! (Or to any other proprietary programs, Unix, Novel,  
>  Solaris, Microsoft,.)
>  If you have a vague recollection of the internals of a closed  
>  source program, this does not
>  absolutely mean you can't write an imitation of it, but do try to  
>  organize the imitation internally
>  along different lines, because this is likely to make the details  
>  of the software version irrelevant
>  and dissimilar to your results.
>
>  It's from:
>  http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Reading-Non_002dFree- 
>  Code.html#Reading-Non_002dFree-Code
>
>  If is good for FSF/GNU it's good enough for us. I don't think we  
>  need to vote on this, just
>  change it! Remember this is GNU/ReactOS! Not SFLC/Wine!
>
>
>  Thanks,
>  James
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