Re: (Really) Free Software future Was: Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, ...

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 12:07 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> Perhaps we should divide free software into two groups: 1) Really
> free software where Freedom 1 applies and 2) not-so-free software
> where Freedom 1 does no longer applies.
> 
> Here gnome and systemd are in the second kind.

Both GNOME and systemd are fully free software that support all four
freedoms, including freedom 1.

> Especially systemd, even if GPLed, is currently swallowing most of
> free software excluding large groups of people to make contributions.

Neither excluding upstream contributions nor "swallowing" other free
software projects violate any of the four freedoms.

As long as you are able to run the program, access the source code,
modify the source code as you like, and distribute both the original
and your modifications to others, then your freedoms are preserved.