Re^2: Free Software

[Christos Ricudis]

Hello Linux-greek-users!

Linux-greek-users wrote to Costas about "Re: Free Software":

 L>   * An allakseis ena GPL programma, YPOXREOUSAI na to ekdoseis
 L> katw apo GPL pali ("virusware").

Nai, kai gi ayto to GPL legetai "license virus". Apaks kai "kollhsei" se ena
kwdika, 8a ton akoloy8ei sthn ypoloiph zwh toy, kai ayton kai o,ti isws
prokypsei apo ayton. 

To GPL anaferei "derivative works", oros poy mporei na kalyptei OPOIODHPOTE
programma exei tyxei na xrhsimopoiei liges grammoules GPL'ed kwdika. (Nai, an
ftiaksw ena programma elegxou troxias ypergalaksiakwn diasthmikwn sta8mwn
539.000 grammwn kwdika se C, kai tyxei mesa na xrhsimopoiw th GNU malloc(), to
programma moy mporei na 8ewrh8ei oti einai ypoproion ths GNU malloc() :>). 

Kapoy ekei ta brhke mpastounia kai h idia h FSF, otan eftiakse th GNU LibC, kai
gi ayto anagkasthke na bgalei mia special ekdosh toy license poy elege oti "to
aplo linking me thn GNU libc den ka8ista ena programma derivative work ths
biblio8hkhs". Ekei omws eisai ypoxrewmenos na dianeimeis to programma sou KAI
se object form wste o allos na mporei na to kanei relink me tyxon kainouria
ekdosh ths libc. 

Synolika, h olh nootropia de moy aresei. Nai, isws htan idanikh se ena idaniko
kosmo. Omws, sth shmerinh katastash, to mono poy kanei einai na periorizei to
linux. To pio shmantiko problhma einai oti den dinei stous kataskeyastes
hardware th dynatothta na dianeimoyn binary-only drivers gia to hardware toys
(poy aytoi kai oi dikhgoroi toys to 8ewroyn aparaithto gia logous symferontos).


Free licenses yparxoyn polla, kai ligotero perioristika toy GPL malista. Dyo
poly kala paradeigmata einai to BSD license kai to Artistic License ths perl.
Bebaia, opws symbainei panta s'aytes tis periptwseis, oi ypermaxoi toy enos
aplws kathgoroun ta straba twn allwn ("TO DIKO MOY LICENSE EINAI LIGOTERO
RESTRICTIVE KAI PIO FREE APO TO DIKO SOU RE!") ("OXI TO DIKO MOY EINAI"), kai
fysika den katalhgoyme pote poy8ena. 

Bebaia, ola ayta einai aerologies, mia poy h nomikh ypostash olwn aytwn twn
pragmatwn paramenei aneksakribwth - den exei dokimastei pote praktika sta
dikasthria to se poio ba8mo isxyoyn praktika oles aytes oi leptomereies.  

Ciao,
  Christos
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