Comment 444 for bug 269656
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| Ante Karamatić (ivoks) wrote Re: [Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP | #444 |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:03:47 -0000
Chip Bennett <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thus, the issue for Ubuntu now is: what does it mean to have non-free
> services bundled by default in a free software application?
I think you are pushing this too far. Each TCP package you generate
uses services of lots of network hardware (and software!) which isn't
free. That's why, among lots of other reasons, we have free software -
so we can be sure our data is safe and we wouldn't give valuable
information to someone who shouldn't have it.
It's impossible to have a free service. I mean, even sourceforge
(mother ship of open source software) isn't free. It's even 'less free'
than Mozilla's services.