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Proprietary usesProprietary usesPosted Sep 28, 2005 13:40 UTC (Wed) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)In reply to: Peru Passes Free Software Law - That's Free as in Free Speech (Groklaw) by RobSeace Parent article: Peru Passes Free Software Law - That's Free as in Free Speech (Groklaw)
What is a "proprietary" USE?? The problem with proprietary software isn't how it is USED [....]How about those licenses which prevent you from using the software to compare its performance with other benchmarks (at least in public)? Obviously, any application for which this restriction is feasible has many other strikes against it, but...
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Proprietary uses Posted Sep 28, 2005 13:47 UTC (Wed) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435) [Link] Um, yes, but what has that got to do with my post or the one I was replyingto?? I agree such EULA terms are stupid and evil... But, that's really got nothing to do with what's being discussed... The parent post tried to claim that the wording that said free software must be usable for any use was bad because it meant it could be "used for proprietary purposes", whatever THAT means... And, I was just pointing out that USING the software can't really be "proprietary"; it's DISTRIBUTING it that matters...
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