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Re: [fsf-community-team] Enhancements and fixes for js-encumbered websit
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: [fsf-community-team] Enhancements and fixes for js-encumbered websites |
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Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:14:30 -0400 |
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> You perhaps know that you can legally put GPL on your own binary-only
> code. So, as long as you are the copyright holder, you're not bound by
> the GPL or any other license. Also, putting, say, Expat license on
> binary-only program is not lying, in strict sense (although, well, we
> could call it misleading). The license only says "you can do this,
> can't do that". It doesn't say "what you received is libre software".
That is correct. Making a program free software requires releasing the real
source code under free licenses.
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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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Re: Enhancements and fixes for js-encumbered websites, John Sullivan, 2021/07/02