[Mageia-dev] Seamonkey package

Fri Mar 18 00:54:38 CET 2011

Le jeudi 17 mars 2011 à 19:25 -0400, andre999 a écrit :
+> Michael Scherer a écrit :
+> >
+> > Le jeudi 17 mars 2011 à 18:24 -0400, andre999 a écrit :
+> >> nicolas vigier a écrit :
+> >
+> >>> Also the "do not charge for it" would make it non free (but it does not
+> >>> seem to be mentioned in the "Modifications" section, only in the
+> >>> "Unaltered Binaries" section).
+> >>
+> >> Why would "do not charge for it" make it non-free ?
+> >> That doesn't seem to be a requirement of open source.  Although charging
+> >> for it is generally permitted in unmodified open source licenses.
+> >
+> > So that mean that someone cannot ask money for selling a cdrom with it,
+> > since it would be charging for the software.
+> >
+> > That's clearly a restriction of usage. So we need to rebrand it.
+> 
+> Charging for the media is not charging for the software.
+
+Reread again http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html :
+
+"If you are using the Mozilla Mark(s) for the unaltered binaries you are
+distributing, you may not charge for that product. By not charging, we
+mean the Mozilla product must be without cost and its distribution
+(whether by download or other media) may not be subject to a fee, or
+tied to subscribing to or purchasing a service, or the collection of
+personal information."
+
+Let me highlight a part of the quote 
+
+"its distribution (whether by download or other media) may not be
+subject to a fee"
+
+So I cannot distribute it by selling a CD, since this would subject the
+distribution to a fee.
+
+The article of the FSF explicitly list this as a right for free software
+users http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html .
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+