[Discussioni] Che se ne pensa?

[Andrea Capriotti]

On 15 May 2001 14:51:40 +0200, Francesco Potorti` wrote:
>    http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/05/11/0239228
> 
> Se non mi sono perso qualcosa, secondo FSF è software libero.  Lo deduco
> dal  fatto  che  mi   sembra  siano  rispettate  le  quattro  condizioni
> specificate su <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.it.html>:

Apple Public Source License non e' una licenza libera:

"Apple first released an updated version, 1.1, of the APSL but it
remained unacceptable. They changed the termination clause into a
``suspension'' clause, but it still had the same kind of
bad effects. 
In January 2001, Apple released another version, ASPL 1.2. This version
fixes two of the fatal flaws, but one still remains: any modified
version "deployed" in an organization must be
published. The APSL 1.2 has taken two large steps towards a free
software license, but still has one more large step to take before it
qualifies."
[..]
"Overall, I think that Apple's action is an example of the effects of
the year-old "open source" movement: of its plan to appeal to business
with the purely materialistic goal of faster
development, while putting aside the deeper issues of freedom,
community, cooperation, and what kind of society we want to live in. 

Apple has grasped perfectly the concept with which "open source" is
promoted, which is "show users the source and they will help you fix
bugs". What Apple has not grasped--or has
dismissed--is the spirit of free software, which is that we form a
community to cooperate on the commons of software." 

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html

Invece IBM Public License e' libera ma non compatibile con la GPL:

"The IBM Public License is incompatible with the GPL because it has
various specific requirements that are not in the GPL. 
For example, it requires certain patent licenses be given that the GPL
does not require. (We don't think those patent license requirements are
inherently a bad idea, but nonetheless they are incompatible with the
GNU GPL.)"
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense

Saluti
-- 
Andrea Capriotti