Mandriva to ship Skype [LWN.net]

Mandriva to ship Skype

Posted Dec 24, 2005 0:14 UTC (Sat) by Arker (guest, #14205)
In reply to: Mandriva to ship Skype by fergal
Parent article: Mandriva to ship Skype

I can compile GnuTar for my PPC Linux box. Even if I were willing to run unauditable, black box software, skype just won't work. And I can't use other software to communicate with skype users either. So in no sense of the word is it 'open to everyone'. Not even close.

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Mandriva to ship Skype

Posted Dec 24, 2005 1:45 UTC (Sat) by fergal (subscriber, #602) [Link]

Again it's "open" (as in source) which is not what I meant vs "open to me" which is what I said and very different, with a meaning akin to "accessible".

I didn't say that GNU tar is not open (why on earth would I say that? It's nonsensical).

I said that if I had an objection to GPL software and would only use BSD licensed software then I could say that GNU tar was not open to me (not accessible to me) because of my principles.

Is it reasonable to make such a complaint? I don't think so but it's basically what Duncan said, just replace my GPL with his closed and my BSD with his Free.

See my reply to Duncan for more.