Why FC4 using the Jpackage 1.4.2 Java?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Mon Jun 27 21:57:26 UTC 2005


On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 04:36:30PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> The GPL removes your freedom to not care about what other libraries
> might be linked to the code, or the freedom to let other people make
> their own decision about whether they want to obtain those libraries
> or not.  I can't see any moral difference in this removal of freedom.

Are you talking in the abstact, or comparing to Sun's Java license -- which
certainly doens't allow this freedom of choosing.

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