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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20101206/4102ce06/attachment.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20101206/4102ce06/attachment.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..33cf0346e --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20101206/4102ce06/attachment.html @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Ahmad Samir <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahmadsamir3891@gmail.com">ahmadsamir3891@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> +On 6 December 2010 09:29, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. <<a href="mailto:ewilcox@bex.net">ewilcox@bex.net</a>> wrote:<br> +> With regard to the naming of the repository dediocated to software tainted<br> +> with a patent, etc., How about "non-GPL"? I think that such a name should be<br> +> well understood by users of nearly any language, particularly if they are<br> +> familiar with the GPL.<br> +><br> +> My2cents<br> +> --<br> +> Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.<br> +> Registered Linux User 247790<br> +> ICQ 41060744<br> +><br> +<br> +Read the afro-mentioned thread again; most of those stuff are released<br> +under a GPL/GPL-like license (faad and faac packages for example, for<br> +playing back and encoding using the AAC audio codec, respectively),<br> +they're free open source software, but they infringe some patents.<br> +<br> +--<br> +<font color="#888888">Ahmad Samir<br> +</font></blockquote></div><br>Why don't we call it universe or something like that? It's a neutral meaning where also packages without patents and such with patents can be stored in.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br> +<br>Greetings<br><br>Daniel Kreuter<br><br><br><br> |