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Re: [Advocate Play Ogg] Separate website?


From: Matthew Flaschen
Subject: Re: [Advocate Play Ogg] Separate website?
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 18:39:51 -0400
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address@hidden wrote:
> Be careful not to spark a fire. To demand that a creator of a software
> must be acknowledge is quite touchy here.

That's not true.  Noting the author and source is a matter of respect,
and doesn't compromise freedom in any way.

> Because in fsf, and in free software ideology, no one owns the software, 
> including its author.

The author owns the copyright, but passes on the essential freedoms.
However, that's beside the point, which is just proper credit.

> Credits were normally given out of respect, but freedom says you dun
> have to.

Exactly which of the 4 freedoms
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) is this?

Matt Flaschen




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