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Re: [LUG] GLUG - free and non-free



On Sunday 10 October 2004 10:35 pm, Simon Waters wrote:
Unlike RMS I think embedded free software is important too,

I didn't know that - I fully support embedded Debian and I've asked to join an 
embedded Debian development project to port GnuCash to an embedded platform. 
The projects comply with the GNU GPL fully - an embedded device simply can't 
hold the source code nor can you compile software on the embedded device, so 
it's put on a CD - you have to have a full size computer to do anything with 
the source code anyway.

Do you know his reasons, Simon? URL?

not 
least I don't want to be paying a fortune in licensing for my
commodity electronics.

I just don't want to buy commodity electronics that need to reboot 
spontaneously!

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Neil Williams
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