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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>
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On 10 April 2012 10:08,  <toredhiddenuser@tormail.net> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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.


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Eitan Adler



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