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I don't know where to draw the line

I don't know where to draw the line

Posted Dec 19, 2012 19:15 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544)
In reply to: What GPL/EU compatibility is needed? by khim
Parent article: European Union's open source license to become compatible with GPLv3

You're talking about developer communities. I was talking about governments.

I agree that developer communities can choose whatever lingua franca they want, and most choose English.

But governments have a duty of democracy and inclusivity for all citizens.

So I think language requirements aren't absurd. But I don't know where to draw the line in order to require governments to communicate to their citizens in an official language, but at the same time not block those governments from contributing to GPL'd projects. Hmmm....


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