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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FvbuG-0000Oh-BX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:24:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5SFN1pJ002259; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:23:01 GMT Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5SFIqU8001737 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:18:52 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.38] (h88211150205.dsl.speedlinq.nl [88.211.150.205]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5SFIqgm097391 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:18:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mivz@alpha.spugium.net) Message-ID: <44A29DC2.4030608@alpha.spugium.net> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:18:26 +0200 From: Mivz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060607) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL and Source code providing References: <44A24A29.2080402@alpha.spugium.net> <20060628133332.1033f464@c1358217.kevquinn.com> <44A2921A.9030606@alpha.spugium.net> <44A29612.3030609@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <44A29612.3030609@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Archives-Salt: 639b5919-baaa-4b54-9f2e-748831c20cff X-Archives-Hash: f6fce3fe2fdf3b0fc31ae25b0ea30eb3 Mike Doty wrote: > Mivz wrote: >>> Then I have got this one question, I don't need a answer too. >>> >>> How free is free software if you need a lawyer and a expensive server >>> just to be able to publish your addition under your own name? >>> > Very free. There are many project sites that will host your content if > you have it under a GPL or similar license. Similarly, as long as you > provide the source, you satisfy the main point of GPL. Thousands of > projects do exactly this without any input from a lawyer. > But then it's still 'free beer', and not 'freedom'. I still can not write a patch and make a cd with the patch applied to give to my mum and my friends, without the risk of my intelligence being stolen and abused. Or I have to go through the hassle of finding a provider, which of course needs attention too. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list