[sylpheed:35850] Re: Sylpheed

[tristan]

On 01/11/2013 21:15, tristan wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 21:08, cgw993 at aol.com wrote:
>> I am not giving Sylpheed a hard time at all.  I would like to know 
>> how the
>> licensing concepts work in general.
>>

    * The latest version of the GPL, version 3
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
    * What to do if you see a possible GPL violation
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html>
    * Translations of GPLv2
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-translations.html>
    * GPLv2 Frequently Asked Questions
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html>
    * The GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) in other formats:
      plain text <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt>, Texinfo
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.texi>, LaTeX
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.tex>, standalone HTML
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0-standalone.html>, Docbook
      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.dbk>

>> cgw993
> i know you are not giving Sylpheed a hard time (:-))
> i was joking..
> your questions are ""légitimate"..most of us have been
> quite shocked by the big spy scam nsa,i just use
> a Freed_ora linux-libre operating system and avoid
> using other systems that do not respect my freedom..
> am no specialist as to gpl and other licenses but if
> most gnu/linux os recommended by the gnu_org & fsf,so
> i guess Sylpheed's respect our freedom.otherwise it would not
> be in the libre_os..
>
> tristan
> ""
>
> Linux, as distributed by Linus Torvalds et al, contains non-Free 
> Software 
> <http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/index.en.html>, 
> i.e., software that does not respect your essential freedoms 
> <http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/about/what-is-free-software.en.html>, 
> and it induces you to install additional non-Free Software that it 
> doesn't contain.
>
> GNU Linux-libre 
> <http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/index.en.html> is a 
> project to maintain and publish 100% Free versions of Linux, removing 
> the offending 
> <http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/index.en.html> 
> portions.
>
> Freed-ora is a sub-project that prepares and maintains 100% Free RPMs 
> that track Fedora's non-Free kernels.
>
> http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/freed-ora.en.html
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sylpheed-bounces at sraoss.jp [mailto:sylpheed-bounces at sraoss.jp] On
>> Behalf Of foxtail at gmx.fr
>> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 9:37 AM
>> To: sylpheed at sraoss.jp
>> Subject: [sylpheed:35843] Re: Sylpheed
>>
>> I'd much prefer blasting the NSA to space and let them handle 
>> mysterious Pac
>> man invaders than giving a hard time to Sylpheed..
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : sm0oojzz+sylph at fastimap.com
>> Envoyé : 01/11/2013 15:53
>> À : sylpheed at sraoss.jp
>> Objet : [sylpheed:35842] Re: Sylpheed
>>
>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:47:30 -0700 cgw993 wrote...
>>
>>
>>> I like Sylpheed.   My only concern is that some of the code is non 
>>> free I
>>> guess.   I am hesitant to invest in learning new software unless I know
>> for
>>> certain I am not being spied on, that features are not forced on me
>>> whenever the developer feels like.  Non free code often can allow this.
>>>
>>> Thx for reading.   Just wanted to rant about Outlook. Microsoft sucks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you have concerns about how a developer designs his application, 
>> you have
>> the option of designing or refining your own.  Find an open source 
>> MUA and
>> tweak it to your hearts content.  If this is beyond your abilities, I 
>> guess
>> you have to live with what is available to you for **FREE**.
>>
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