From: Zlatko Duric <zladuric@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Discuss: proposed changes to the SourceHut terms of service
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On 04.06.20 16:48, Alexander Harkness wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Jun 2020 09:41:49 -0600
> "Drew DeVault" <sir@cmpwn.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed Jun 3, 2020 at 10:35 AM MDT, Alexander Harkness wrote:
>>> I am also concerned with the loose language about "the services".
>>> By my reading of the proposed ToS, I would no longer be able to use
>>> sourcehut to track issues or run a mailing list for my hypothetical
>>> non-free project, even if the source code was hosted elsewhere (or
>>> even if my project didn't have 'code' as such!). These features of
>>> sourcehut stand on their own and enforcing restrictions would be an
>>> unwelcome imposition on user freedom.
>> Your reading is correct, this is by design. The goal is not to support
>> proprietary software endeavours in any way.
> I can't say I agree with this, even though it's a perfectly reasonable
> position for a service like sourcehut to take.
>
> Just in the same way as private repositories are allowed to contain
> non free-software content, I think allowing at least the lists, todo and
> wiki services to be used without restriction is helpful to users who
> want to work on their own projects without having to perform
> context-switches between many different project platforms. My feeling
> is that that would not compromise the mission while at the same time
> enhancing usability for real-world free-software developers using
> sourcehut in the main for free-software development.

Is a todo list copyrightable thing? I'm asking because I'm curious as to 
what does Drew think about things that aren't copyrightable, and 
therefore can't even have a license.



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Zlatko