Re: [tlug] Richard Stallman (FSF) in Tokyo Wed, Oct 24th

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Nguyen Vu Hung writes:

 > GPL v3 gives less freedom than other open source licenses but it still
 > follows the four basic rules of open source stated by fsf.org.

As interpreted by Stallman, yes.  That's the advantage to being a
self-anointed deity in human flesh.

However, it is quite arguable that GPLv3 should be DFSG-unfree and not
OSI-certifiable because it explicitly discriminates against a specific
field of endeavor.  Namely, "making 'technical measures' protectable
under the DMCA."

I can't imagine either Debian or the OSI would decertify the GPLv3 for
that, but IMO there's no technical reason why they shouldn't.

Hi, Simon, I bet you hadn't noticed this point.<wink>