From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1ID3cn-00007L-UU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:31:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6NJTa2o011439; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:29:36 GMT Received: from eastrmmtao103.cox.net (eastrmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.240.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6NJQusf007978; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:26:57 GMT Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070723192657.FKEM10435.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:26:57 -0400 Received: from torchwood.datanode.net ([72.209.236.102]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id T7Sv1X00N2DERb40000000; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:26:55 -0400 Received: from paradox.localdomain (dhcp-2.datanode.net [172.16.1.102]) by torchwood.datanode.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A89DDA0019; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:26:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: by paradox.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EB3E66CC04A; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:26:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:26:54 -0400 From: Michael Cummings To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: joining the Software Freedom Conservancy Message-ID: <20070723192654.GA14156@paradox> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: <1184349298.8347.42.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <1184619644.15799.37.camel@hangover.linbsd.net> <20070717150823.GD13456@feynman.corp.halliburton.com> <20070717193847.c6c3428f.genone@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.18-gentoo x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Archives-Salt: 968ac98b-2074-478b-9843-f16afa13df64 X-Archives-Hash: b31ad00d46a20edeb2ab0c6afa4060f4 --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:49:33PM -0600, Ryan Hill wrote: > It might be worth noting that it appears that Gentoo would be the first > distribution to join. I'd be interested in knowing if the SFC considers > distributing closed-source or proprietary software (nero, ati/nvidia > drivers, vmware) to be "producing non-free software (as per the > Conservancy's charitable purpose)" as mentioned in section 2(b) of their > notes. Paragraph 2(a) seems to prohibit it. >=20 > > a. The Project Will Be Free Software. The Conservancy and the Project = agree that=20 > > any software distributed by the Project will be distributed solely a= s Free Software. >=20 > If that's not a problem I think this is a great idea. >=20 It's not a problem - what we actually produce as a product, the ebuilds, e= tc., are free to distribute.=20 --=20 -----o()o---------------------------------------------- Michael Cummings | #gentoo-dev, #gentoo-perl Gentoo Perl Dev | on irc.freenode.net=20 Gentoo/SPARC Gentoo/AMD64 GPG: 0543 6FA3 5F82 3A76 3BF7 8323 AB5C ED4E 9E7F 4E2E -----o()o---------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm a .signature virus! Please copy me in your ~/.signature. --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGpQD+q1ztTp5/Ti4RAqWdAJ9sBlcdEHtQZfPES0ux2uFdpYZgSwCgp2la /CqDHYGBIiZCZidNmgfutHs= =DMUl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list