MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-01-12 |
| FROM | Adam Kosmin
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: Adobe software on fedora?
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Thomas Chung (tchung-at-fedoranews.org) wrote:
" Hi Adam,
"
" Thank you for visiting our site and your concern.
"
" Adobe Acrobat Readers are freely available for PC, Mac and Linux but they are
" not allowed to be "re-distributed" in the form of Binary unless you make a
" special arrangement with Adobe.
Ok, you mean free as in beer. I'm talking about Free as in speech.
"
" I only posted a custom RPM Spec, Patch files and HOWTO but not the Binary
" Software. Users still need to agree with their agreement to download the
" Binary hence we're still complied with their agreement.
"
" Our site's objective is not "Install Only Open Source Software!"
" Our site's objective is to provide useful information to make best out of
" Fedora OS of course without breaking any law and complying to their License
" Agreement and we do not discriminate between "Open Source" and "Non Open
" Source" software.
Call me crazy, but I'd expect to see the work of fedoranews.org
compliment the stated objectives of the underlying Fedora Project.
Please don't take anything I'm saying as an insult (sometimes email has
a way of sounding cold). I greatly appreciate your activity, but am
concerned that your documentation is corrupting the underlying platform
by advocating the use of non-free software.
"
" BTW, we "FedorNEWS.ORG" do not build the operating system exclusively from
" open source software. That's what Fedora Project Does. We only provides
" "Free Information" not "Free Software"
Yes, but the scope of this particular "free information" conflicts with
the goals of The Fedora Project. What are we working toward if we can
count on the Fedora Project to build a FOSS-based platform only to see
FedoraNews.org tear apart it's integrity by advocating the installation
of software that conflicts with the stated objectives?
"
" Once again, thank you for visiting our site.
Thank you, I'm looking forward to becoming a regular visitor and hope
you'll reconsider your stance on this issue.
Thank you for your efforts :)
Adam Kosmin
"
" Thomas Chung
" FedoraNEWS.ORG
"
"
" ---------- Original Message -----------
" From: Adam Kosmin
" To: tchung-at-fedoranews.org
" Sent: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 04:33:41 -0500
" Subject: Adobe software on fedora?
"
" > Hello Thomas,
" >
" > Can you please explain why fedoranews.org hosts a tutorial that explains
" > how to install Adobe Reader? As far as I know, this is not Free Software
" > and therefore its inclusion is not in line with the project's objectives.
" > More specifically, objective #2 states:
" >
" > "Build the operating system exclusively from open source software."
" >
" > Personally, I would appreciate it if you would remove the tutorial from
" > the fedoranews.org.
" >
" > Thanks,
" >
" > Adam Kosmin
" > WindowsRefund.net
" >
" > --
" >
" > "Yes, Your Honor. Now, where we are so far, in at least my
" > line of reasoning, is I want to walk the Court through enough of our
" > complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did
" > contribute a lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just
" > don't know what it is."
" >
" > -- Kevin McBride SCO vs. IBM 12/05/03
" ------- End of Original Message -------
"
--
"Yes, Your Honor. Now, where we are so far, in at least my
line of reasoning, is I want to walk the Court through enough of our
complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did contribute a
lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just don't know what
it is."
-- Kevin McBride SCO vs. IBM 12/05/03
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