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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

14 years 46 weeks 11 hours 28 min ago

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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.

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aboutblank

14 years 46 weeks 9 hours 9 min ago

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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. :(

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kiba

14 years 46 weeks 1 hour 48 min ago

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Window users should have a taste

Window users should have a taste of freedom too!

No fair for window users to be left behind.

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kjakobsen

14 years 45 weeks 6 days 25 min ago

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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.

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