[Info-vax] Python and various libraries updated

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/6/2020 11:05 AM, Jean-François Piéronne wrote:
> [snip]
>> If you had said that you think VSI has a moral/ethical problem of
>> using a lot of open source and not giving enough back to the open
>> source community then that would have been a completely different
>> topic than claiming that they are violating licenses.
>>
> What is not clear in:
> 
> """
> The fourth section for version 2 of the license and the seventh section
> of version 3 require that programs distributed as pre-compiled binaries
> be accompanied by a copy of the source code, a written offer to
> distribute the source code via the same mechanism as the pre-compiled
> binary, or the written offer to obtain the source code that the user got
> when they received the pre-compiled binary under the GPL.
> """

Nobody is denying what GPL means.

But that is not what I am discussing above.

I am trying to make a clear distinction between moral/ethical
concerns and legal concerns.

Moral/ethical concerns give one significant freedom to
state subjective opinions.

Legal concerns are a bit different.

I would not accuse a company of license violation
which is a form of copyright infringement without
a very solid case.

Analogy: one can relative freely state that a named
politician economic policy is insane, but accusing
the same politician of accepting bribes requires
some documentation. And quoting the law that makes
bribery illegal is not relevant.

Arne