Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But you still haven't answered my question: *IF* it could be done (and > passed the other two tests I mentioned in my other message), would it > be free?
No. It wouldn't because freedom means, at its root, the absence of restrictions. The fact that something might be helpful to somebody doesn't justify it as a restriction; the only real justification can be that it actually *augments* their freedom over the software (which is why the GPL's source requirement is ok). > So are the tests I outlined sufficient? Do they provide a good > framework within which to decide whether an attempt to close the ASP > loophole is free? Certainly nothing proposed so far passes these > three tests, but if something did (and didn't have any other problems > with it) would it be OK? I don't even think the "ASP loophole" is really a loophole.
