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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/29/12 11:35, Jonas Smedegaard
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Quoting Nick M. Daly (2012-11-29 06:16:25)
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<pre wrap="">Jack Wilborn writes:
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<pre wrap="">IMHO, I say that if they want to keep copyright to their code, then
we probably don't want it in the FB. My understanding is that we
wanted a copyright free box, has this changed or have I
misunderstood?
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I think you missed something big there. As far as I know [0], that's
not a goal at all. Nobody's even asked me for a contributor
agreement, much less copyright assignment: we'll cross that bridge
when we come to it, I suppose.
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If "we" are Debian, then we need someone physical and identifiable in
charge of each piece of code, but those can act as proxy for others
keeping anonymous or pseudonymous. Important for Debian is that all code
is freely _licensed_.
If "we" are the FreedomBox Foundation, then it will very much surprise
me if they[0] have different agenda than use Debian for all software
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I would be surprised too.<br>
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The "we" being the FreedomBox Foundation states in the News section
on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/">https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/</a> that: "We wanted to the
FreedomBox to move beyond this fragmented environment and, with the
help of some embedded device experts, we have managed to make our <a
href="https://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-dreamplugdetails.aspx">development
hardware</a> into a fully supported Debian platform. That means
that anyone with a device can install Debian on it just like a
laptop or desktop computer. This support is very important for
ensuring that the work we do on the FreedomBox is as portable and
reusable as possible."<br>
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Further, the "Kickstarter Release Notes" letter I received a couple
of weeks ago refers to an enclosed "Prepping your Dreamplug" flyer
which says that (if I follow the instructions) I'll be running "the
Debian U-Boot from memory on your device" and that after the "magic
moment" of rebooting and log in, the flyer says, "At this point your
FreedomBox is up and running as a full Debian system".<br>
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There is a report of "hatred of the GPLv3 that the guys from Siemens
and ETSI showed" in another part of the internet that I hope is
unrelated to this discussion:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://epfsug.eu/wws/arc/epfsug/2012-11/msg00056.html">http://epfsug.eu/wws/arc/epfsug/2012-11/msg00056.html</a><br>
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Best regards.<br>
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//Erik<br>
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