[POLITICAL] Re: [Fribidi-discuss] License question to the pro ject owners

[VisualMind]

I'm not concerned about whether LGPL or MPL is being used, but I sensed some 
contempt against Arabic-countries which I totally disagree with;
We really do respect all opensource licensees when we use any software no 
matter who the author is, and if needed we can write our own code.

I also hate (Fanatic people) who have a countryless/relegionless fanaticism 
against whatever, and those don't really care about what license is there.

Regards,
Salah Faya


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Omer Zak [SMTP:omerz at actcom.co.il]
> > Sent:	Friday, July 11, 2003 13:01
> > To:	Fribidi Discussion List
> > Subject:	[POLITICAL] Re: [Fribidi-discuss] License question to the
> > project owners
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Paulo Soares wrote:
> >
> > > My problems start with the dual licensing of iText. Either I say
> > somewhere
> > > that if you want Arabic without using awt you are restricted to LGPL or,
> > and
> > > that's my request, I get some kind of exception from you for this
> > partial
> > > port to java and the MPL/LGPL license can still be applied even for the
> > > fribidi part.
> >
> > My position, as a (minor) contributor to FriBidi development:
> > I require that my contributions to FriBidi continue to be singly-licensed
> > under the LGPL, and I don't accept MPL as an alternative license.
> >
> > One of my concerns about MPL is clause 4 - "Inability to Comply Due to
> > Statute or Regulation", which allows the software to be distributed in
> > countries, whose laws override provisions of the MPL.
> >
> 	I have my doubts that such countries would also treat LGPL with
> fairness,
> 
> > Given the current state of enmity between Arabic-speaking countries and
> > Hebrew-speaking countries in the world, such a loophole might be used by
> > fanatic contributors to prohibit use of their technically sound
> > contribution with text in one of the above languages, if the laws of their
> > country support such a prohibition.
> >
> 	Again, I doubt that fanatics care that much about the law.
> 
> 	Best Regards,
> 	Paulo Soares
> 
> >                                              --- Omer
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