[smc-discuss] Re: English-Malayalam Wiktionary

[V. Sasi Kumar]

Dear Kaippally,

We are least interested whether you reject Linux or not, or whether you
support software freedom or not.

The problem raised here is simple. Once you state that it is released
under the GNU Free Documentation Licence, you cannot say that it can be
used only for non-commercial purposes. If it is published under GNU FDL,
it is available to everyone for any purpose. If you want to enforce
copyright on the photographs Nishad Hussain Kaippally has taken, then
either that should not be put on a page that says it is available under
FDL or the licence should state clearly what is under FDL and what is
not. Otherwise you are contradicting yourself. And it could even be a
violation of the licence.

And as for support, there are at least two other dictionaries that are
stagnating for want of support. It is not the problem with padamudra
alone. Moreover, there is a big crowd out there who do not support
software freedom. Please do not think that anyone who starts a good
project will automatically be supported by everyone else. Hundreds or
thousands of good projects have died for want of support. But people
still do keep trying. I am marking a copy to your personal email id
because you have stated that you do not read the smc list regularly.

Best regards
Sasi

On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 22:31 -0700, കൈപ്പള്ളി :: Kaippally wrote:
> കണ്ടു
> :)
> Oh yes I do see the the ramblings happening here, once in a while. I
> don't reply since I don't think I really belong to SMC (due to the
> fact that I totally reject Linux),
> 
> The copyright notice is for the photographs taken by Nishad Hussain
> Kaippally. Thats a personal choice. Those who wish to post copyright
> free images can do so. The content is available for non-commercial
> use. The XML export had a few problems, so I had to discontinue that
> feature. I am willing to open the database to whoever is interested in
> developing an XML export script. I do not have the time or the
> expertise to complete this. Due to the tremendous support from the
> software freedom fighters it still remains undone. I don't expect
> anyone to come up with as much as a proper evaluation of the system. I
> don't think anyone is interested.
> 
> It seems strange to me that people who speak so much about freedom
> cannot liberate themselves from their own inhibitions.
> 
> :)
> 
> cheers

-- 
V. Sasi Kumar
Free Software Foundation of India
http://swatantryam.blogspot.com


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