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Re: free software project cannot exclude anyone by virtue (was: Joint st


From: Dmitry Alexandrov
Subject: Re: free software project cannot exclude anyone by virtue (was: Joint statement on the GNU Project)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:32:38 +0300
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address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) wrote:
> And by virtue of being a free software project, [GNU] cannot exclude anyone.

Where did this postulate come from?  Of course, it can — why not?  Nothing in 
definition of free software demands it.

In fact, one of the most (if not the most) widespread pieces of free software — 
SQLite — is developed in a very exclusive manner.  And this is by no means a 
sole example.

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