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| DATE | 2004-02-17 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: [Orgcom] Next meeting
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There will be a general clause int he contracts of the organizations
Ruben
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:33:27PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> It's to much to expect that your going to find businesses which don't
> product non-free software. But the organizations will be restricted to
> finding companies who have made substantial contributions to Free Software
> in the participation contract.
>
> I hadn't seen that requirement in the first message. It makes a
> significant difference. I think it is vital to write down a clear,
> careful description of these rules. Have you got one?
>
> > Is this offer open to Microsoft?
>
> Yeah - as soon as they release their software under the GPL.
>
> This rule too should be part of the careful description of the rules.
> We need to see the whole of the rules in order to figure out what
> their good or bad consequences would be.
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