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From: Tom and Esther Ward <tward1978@earthlink.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: FreedomBox and the Mozilla Public License
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 23:10:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040410031009.GA5220@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4076E759.3040602@freedombox.cc>; from mattc@freedombox.cc on Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 14:11:37 -0400

On 04/09/2004 02:11:37 PM, Matt Campbell wrote:
> I have been watching the thread about FreedomBox's supposed violation  
> of the Mozilla Public License, and I wish to publicly set the record  
> straight.
> 
> Section 3.2 of the MPL does clearly say that any modifications to  
> covered code must be released as source code.  However, we did not  
> need to make any modifications to Mozilla to add speech output or  
> voice commands.  As Aaron Leventhal said, we were able to do it by  
> writing a new component that uses Mozilla's existing application  
> programming interfaces (API's).  Therefore, we are not obligated to  
> release the code that adds speech output and voice commands.
> 
> While I would prefer to release our ocde under an open-source  
> license, I understand and respect Serotek's reasons for not doing so.   
> The company needs to protect its intellectual proprety.  I think  
> we've made a good compromise by making the software available at no  
> cost to the user.  Furthermore, uninformed public statements such as  
> those made about the alleged license violation only tarnish the  
> reputation of a company that's trying to do good for the community  
> while still doing well.
> 
> For more information about the Mozilla Public License, read the FAQ,  
> which is available at:
> 
> http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/FAQ.html
> 
> If you have further questions or concerns, please contact me  
> privately; I don't believe this discussion is appropriate for the  
> Speakup list.  Thank you.
> 
>--
> Matt Campbell
> Lead Programmer
> Serotek Corporation
> www.freedombox.info
> 
> 
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Matt Campbell
 ` Janina Sajka
   ` Matt Campbell
     ` Trevor Astrope
       ` topics and list traffic, was: " Gregory Nowak
         ` Alex Snow
       ` Doug Sutherland
     ` Janina Sajka
       ` Ann Parsons
         ` Kenny Hitt
           ` Ann Parsons
     ` FreedomBox ot? Cheryl Homiak
       ` David Poehlman
         ` Cheryl Homiak
           ` Tom and Esther Ward
             ` Cheryl Homiak
               ` Doug Sutherland
           ` Matt Campbell
             ` Buddy Brannan
             ` Cheryl Homiak
               ` Matt Campbell
                 ` Cheryl Homiak
                   ` Buddy Brannan
                     ` Cheryl Homiak
                 ` nick G
                   ` FreedomBox ot? sound problem Cheryl Homiak
                     ` Cheryl Homiak
                 ` FreedomBox ot? Alex Snow
                 ` Janina Sajka
                   ` Doug Sutherland
                   ` Ron Marriage
                     ` Janina Sajka
                       ` Ann Parsons
                         ` Gregory Nowak
                       ` Mike Keithley
                         ` Ann Parsons
                         ` Luke Davis
                           ` FreedomBox Linux port mailing list Matt Campbell
                             ` Getting Speech Started With X and Gnopernicus Richard Wells
                               ` Tom and Esther Ward
                               ` Alex Snow
                           ` FreedomBox ot? Cheryl Homiak
                     ` Cheryl Homiak
           ` Mike Keithley
             ` Cheryl Homiak
   ` FreedomBox and the Mozilla Public License Alex Snow
     ` Ann Parsons
       ` Chuck Hallenbeck
         ` Cheryl Homiak
           ` Doug Sutherland
             ` Chuck Hallenbeck
             ` Cheryl Homiak
 ` Ann Parsons
 ` Tom and Esther Ward [this message]
   ` Buddy Brannan

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