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[Arjen Lentz]

Hi Robert

On 14/01/2009, at 2:51 PM, Robert Brockway wrote:
> The Constitution is quite explicit on this point:
>
> "1c)	The aim of HUMBUG is to help people with unix like operating
> 	systems, to advance the cause of free software and open systems,
> 	and provide a social environment for people who enjoy using unix
> 	like operating systems to meet."
>
> If the actual aim had changed from the one on paper then people  
> should try
> to change the Consitution (at least to bring the issue to light) but I
> don't believe that is the case.
>
> Again, notice the wording - free software.  I think the same wording  
> was
> carried through each constitutional revision from 1995 onwards so it
> predates the term "open source".  Open systems != open source.


The constitution should probably be updated, but I think the above is  
quite usable anyway.
GPL = free software, to keep it very simple.

This means that using Firefox is advancing the cause of free software  
(being GPL), even if it's run on Windows.
Again, just an example, I do think HUMBUG should not specifically  
focus on being a Windows-transitional gang, but it would definitely be  
an aspect of appealing to a larger audience as well as increasing the  
uptake of Linux and other flavours (even Mac ;-)


Cheers,
Arjen.
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