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Old February 7th, 2007
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That the list fits is great!

I'll check if I can make downloading the list decentral (via Gnutella), then we can save bandwidth
The foundation for that is avaible in Phex, but I might have to tweak a bit...

As first step, we'll check how well Phex handles the list, and we can include it directly for each release.


I have to disagree on the point of b25 being free to you, though.

If it was free, then any following version would have been free, and you could still make the changes.
Since it isn't free, you can't, and everyone else can't either.

Open Source instead isn't free, because it can mean, that someone says: "Yes, you may look at the source, but you aren't allowed to change it."

The GNU "free" is what created and drives the whole GNU/Linux system and the whole free software community, and it is the base of all free software you can find today. It means: It is free, and it will stay free, and noone can take it away.

What BS seems to have had instead was an open development model, where you ask others for input, which is great, but doesn't give you real freedom with the program.

I contributed to a non-free program myself for some time, but stopped when I realized that all my contributions would be completely wasted once the dev decided he didn't want others to use the program anymore. I don't know how many hours upon hours of translating went down the drain back then...

I don't want to make that mistake again, and that's why I warn others against it, too.
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