I would be happy to see one of two courses of action. Either: (a) Change the licenses to make an exception for running on Windows - namely that it is not permitted. (b) Change the licenses so that only the original author may port their own software to Windows - as proprietary only!
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mattflaschen
16 years 41 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago
Wow, he misses the point of free
Wow, he misses the point of free software badly. There's nothing philosophically (this is basic software freedom) or pragmatically (even if they don't switch to a free system they are benefiting) wrong with porting free software to Windows. If you couldn't, you wouldn't have freedom 1 (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html).
I must point out a distinct resemblence to the Microsoft Limited Community License (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedc...), which prevents ports /off/ Windows. Ironic? I don't think so; it just seems like the same small-mindedness.
aboutblank
16 years 41 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago
This person is proposing that we
This person is proposing that we (the FOSS community) should distribute software as non-free software in an attempt to attract people to using free alternatives. His proposal goes against what free software is supposed to stand for. :(
kiba
16 years 41 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago
Window users should have a taste
Window users should have a taste of freedom too!
No fair for window users to be left behind.
kjakobsen
16 years 41 weeks 4 hours 39 min ago
So his point is, that we should
So his point is, that we should become the very evil, we are trying to confront?. He has clearly not understood, neither the free software nor the opensource message.