Though OSS requested to close this thread please
pardon me for continuing. I feel we should not enlarge
the scope of licenses into hyopthetical plane and
calls like misuse of GPL etc. are unwarranted. I
think FSF-I is just discouraging people from entering
into Free software arena by enlarging the scope of
licensing. We need not give sermon to every customer
about. The activites of preaching and practicing need
not be done by all. If somebody doesn't do preaching
but does practice why find fault and discourage them.
If we continue to discourage we will have only
preachers and no followers.
Raman.P
--- PostgreSQL Server <eiidp(a)md3.vsnl.net.in> wrote: >
On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 9:50 pm, you wrote:
I started this thread with the statement that
primary issue is not
whether OSS is giving code or not.OSS is not
doing
anything against
the rules of GNU GPL. But remember its more than
a
license. The stand
of OSS is misinforming the people. They never
talk
of the ethical
reason behind Free Software. For OSS its just a
cost effective solution
and Free Software provides a better business
avenue.
OSS did not misinform any body. Our stand is well
informed. We act for ethical
reason behind GPL. I did not get what Arun exactly
meant by 'better business
avenue', If he meant for its conventional meaning,
In our social situation
proprietary is more profitable, which is not the
business avenue of OSS.
I think Arun will take time to realise about OSS,
for which he has to get rid
of his narrow minded approach in accepting others
activity.
Feeling i get from OSS's stand is. They want
to
leverage the
popularity and financial benefits of Free
Software. At the same time
not interested in sharing the code in the spirit
of Free
Software. Here Freedom is restricted not through
license but through
practice. It will be right to say OSS is misusing
GNU GPL.
May be Arun's version of GPL. I am still sure that
he could not get what OSS
policy and practice is.
> Even when i put forward my strong
objections to
OSS, I admire the
enthusiasm and commitment of OSS team. But they
misinform people and
that is our concern. I still hope OSS will change
its stand in the
spirit of the community.
Commitment and opprtunism will not co-exists, so one
of his stand regarding
OSS should be wrong.
As I have mention OSS policy and practice through my
mail in this thread, I
think most of you, whoever has followed it with a
clear thought, might have
realised it. You may or may not agree with it.
With this I stop discussion regarding OSS in this
thread.
> BTW, I think EIID was a socially
funded project(by
the District
Panchayath). As i said code is yet to see light
of
Freedom.
Anybody can get it from Kunnanthunadu Panchayath or
Chottanikkara Panchayath
vikasana samithy without any payment. (Since EIID
office is now permenantly
closed you maynot get it from EIID office)
One more think I would like to mention here is that
eventhough EIID was a
socially funded project, Software developmentof
Local Resource Database
preparation was not fully funded by District
Panchayath. As per its project
proposal renmaining fund shold have been come from
state goverment. This has
been obstructed by IKM. So, in fact last few months
of this project we have
been working on voluntary basis.
Now let us have fresh discussion regarding IT policy
Regards,
Anil, ATPS
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