Re: [edu-eu] FWB: Foss with benefits

[Marko Dimjašević]

Hi Charles,

What did you have in mind when you said it is "non-commercial"?

On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 15:49 -0700, Charles Cossé wrote:

> 
> I am a long-time FOSS developer and advocate ... 15 years now.

Then I'm sure you know a lot about free software and what sets it apart
from other software.


> I am interested to fix any holes in my scheme, though, so could you
> elaborate on where I could be mistaken?

When a non-informed audience uses terms like "non-commercial", "free for
research" and similar terms to describe a program, what it means most of
the time is that only some usages are implied/allowed, i.e. the program
is proprietary because it doesn't give you freedom 0 (quoting it from
the link I provided you in the previous email): "The freedom to run the
program as you wish, for any purpose."

Maybe you didn't mean anything like that, but then maybe you could be
more clear.


-- 
Cheers,
Marko
http://dimjasevic.net/marko

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