Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
- From: Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>
- To: Patryk Zawadzki <patrys pld-linux org>
- Cc: foundation-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:33:25 -0400
It's not really a question of morality, how would we prevent a user
from installing both a GPL and a non-OSI plugin for Tomboy at the same
time?
As someone already pointed out, we don't aim to _stop_ users from
installing whatever they wish. The question at hand is what we
_suggest_ to users. We should not steer users towards nonfree
programs.
What counts is whether the addon is free or nonfree. (See the
definition in http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.) The OSI
has a different criterion, called "open source". It really is different;
not all open source programs are free. In the GNU Project, we don't
follow the OSI; we insist on free programs.
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