Hello,
Am 28.03.19 um 15:28 schrieb Paul Boddie:
On Thursday 28. March 2019 09.47.34 Christian Imhorst wrote:
How do we come to this conclusion? We can probably give thanks to Microsoft for their good lobby work, that they could get an exception for GitHub
I must say that I feel uncomfortable about emphasising companies like GitHub in any advocacy campaign.
Me too. I meant that ironically, because on their blog GitHub claims success for the exception of open source platforms. It sounds plausible, but good that it's not:
Am 28.03.19 um 17:41 schrieb Bernhard E. Reiter:
Is a sign that the people who were shaping the current EU directive understood our arguments that Free Software development is important for Europe. They even understood that "non-commercial" is not enough to
exclude
platforms that help to collaborately develop and share code under Free Software licenses. This means that on this limited subject the FSFE
is taken
seriously as someone to talk to.
I can not judge your last sentence, Bernhard, but I hope that's the case. :-)
Regards, Christian