Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:58:49 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: toredhiddenuser@tormail.net Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: ] The inquiry about EFF Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmJhySNiXejRxq4mrXWDmcjkYkB_o9Zz5iX%2BxD454A2HQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1SHbjm-000KgK-UI@internal.tormail.net> References: <1SHbjm-000KgK-UI@internal.tormail.net>
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On 10 April 2012 10:08, <toredhiddenuser@tormail.net> wrote: > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------= - > Subject: > From: =C2=A0 =C2=A0toredhiddenuser@tormail.net > Date: =C2=A0 =C2=A0Tue, April 10, 2012 1:53 pm > To: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0info@eff.org > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - > > To Sir/Madam, > Why are most/all software of EFF licensed under the GPL? > EFF is not FSF, right? Excuse, but, are you promoting information/speech > freedom or Stallmanism? > Is EFF inclined towards copyleft parties or is it neutral? > Excuse again, but do you think people who use BSD licenses are idiots? > Google, FreeBSD, etc. > If you change the license of software to BSD-like one (or MPL-like, at > least) or at least all Chrome plugins, BSD community will be much happy. > > Thank you I think the idea of inquiring about the EFF licences to be a good one but I hardly think this email is well written. Are you a native speaker of English? The tone of the email sounds accusatory and rant-like. Perhaps something like Why are most/all software of EFF licensed under the GPL? The GPL's restrictions preclude a large number of users from freely using the software. For example the FreeBSD Project is actively phasing out the use of GPL like restrictions and Google prefers the use the 2-BSD license. Would it be possible to change the license of __(specific software)__ to a BSD-like (or even the Apache license)? Or something of a similar nature would be a nicer way to put it. --=20 Eitan Adler
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