Fwd: [GNU/FSF Press] Press release: FSF announces release of gNewSense 1.0

[Jan Vancura]

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Shawn McMahon wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:27:53PM +1100, Alexander Jacob Tsykin said:
>> Not at all. They are saying that launchpad is non-free, in the free speech 
>> sense. Thart is true. How can you argue with it?
> 
> I can argue with it because it's not true.  No piece of its software has
> been distributed with a non-free license; do you have evidence to the
> contrary?
> 
> NOTHING in the GPL or any other free license requires you to distribute
> your source before you distribute your binaries, only WHEN you
> distribute your binaries.
> 
> Was Linux non-free before Linus' first upload?

Wow... incredibly good argumentation... are you a lawyer? ツ


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