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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kdelibs TODO list
From:       Andreas Hartmetz <ahartmetz () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-08-02 14:00:26
Message-ID: 200708021600.26766.ahartmetz () gmail ! com
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On Thursday 02 August 2007 13:58:39 Josef Spillner wrote:
> On Thursday 02 August 2007 13:25:04 Andreas Hartmetz wrote:
> > It's not really open source if you depend on some closed-source service
> > over the internets. Wasn't there some idea floating around to do exactly
> > that for the whole desktop? Oh, not at KDE you say? Phew >:]
>
> To some extent we already experienced that we currently lack a good
> definition of what a "free service" constitutes. The GPLv3 helps a bit in
> terms of helping the user to get hold of the source code behind a service,
> but it doesn't talk about the user's rights to manage remote data.
> It would indeed be useful to come up with a decent definition first.
>
> Josef

Yes, indeed. It's not all about the source code, either. Data also matters.
We have a new problem here - and RMS and his pals have been strangely quiet 
about the issue...

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What a pinhead! Does he not fear us?!
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