From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 19:59:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE0D0106566C for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:59:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254F68FC14 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:59:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbbgj3 with SMTP id gj3so192892lbb.13 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:59:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3yBxTXuYU2fB0Hlef9PgyGZvldFQkvdVVq/pFbFY0jI=; b=ozVZrs2ALj9zA00jChjCWGH9O9gYbhnsrJ8H5aZ7adTVnDe8v0bvH6/6cCJoclBuvr t0nfvdAnqJodb2SP4bJF8FGj32Tm1Suzn7bimJPa0z3xRgXd9aCfwgEJuSDLRo+EwvsW IEbcjSPyeEGYBzWxyXIC4gkuGgMgVL/e7Be0c= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=3yBxTXuYU2fB0Hlef9PgyGZvldFQkvdVVq/pFbFY0jI=; b=VKqsj/w45dxO7hlJj8W6uA5fnh/fehOypI14Ecvte9dtoHPCUaZG4WROY1FkLNAuSe Qudr11a3AKXGQmINiU+hvhznt+Tfi94axLjAorY8U9WbcxIJ9CGl7sQO/Wm3lnEACrhI esUXND7dKWNsmaZSnjqlPbnhOBOFKz+YU0E1F+wG7fmwg9n4/YqDGZxZRgItcrGi2oj+ HFQ+U99mkcr4jafsFx1RCL81oRIPXJgUjGybs1E2ljtBld3G4fkRnkZNYG8XNk2ADhwo mCL6toCRELVupw4ffEoq8w+rDI6xEr3qqgedQ6QvdL6aqk/1+wLoSY0jKeZt+yM8tD7N tX4Q== Received: by 10.152.115.74 with SMTP id jm10mr16149737lab.32.1334087960048; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:59:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.98.36 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:58:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1SHbjm-000KgK-UI@internal.tormail.net> References: <1SHbjm-000KgK-UI@internal.tormail.net> From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:58:49 -0400 Message-ID: To: toredhiddenuser@tormail.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnoHJQxDc591ztBaxfesFi2UhYkxFto3lFAFMiuYDSkxkEjqm57tZNiNmvSw/jYu+1q7y8Q Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: ] The inquiry about EFF X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:59:21 -0000 On 10 April 2012 10:08, 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