Freedom (Re: Most offensive thing I've seen all day)

[Sean Hammond]

On 8/4/06, Jan Moren <jan.moren at lucs.lu.se> wrote:
> > Only that it wouldn't be so easy if it was Jihadbuntu, with a nice pic
> > of the twin towers colapsing as the default wallpaper. Would it?
>
>
> Quite easy - they'd be allowed to do that just like these people are
> allowed this. You may not like it personally, but that is beside the
> point. Ubuntu (and GPL and other free licenses) do not put a restriction
> on who can use it beyond following the license terms. Left-wing or
> right-wing; religious or rational; army or peace organization; chemical
> industry or Greenpeace; Israel or Palestine; Superman or Lex Luthor -
> all are allowed to use it freely if they follow the terms.

You probably aren't allowed to use it to do, or promote, something
illegal though. Like blowing things up.

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