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Contents 1 Mozilla Relicensing 2 "FS philosophy" here or new page? 3 Means of production 4 What's confusing? 5 Willing to assist

[edit] Mozilla Relicensing

Hi

As you will see, I edited the article to state the only old versions of Mozilla make use of the NPL. But my change was reverted by User:70.48.250.225. I'm quite sure that the edit I made was factual. Here are 2 cites:

• Hacking for Christ:Relicensing Complete
• Mozilla Relicensing FAQ

Is there a good reason why my edit was reverted, or can I add it back in?

--Gary van der Merwe 19:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I can't take credit for the revert, but I think it's accurate just keeping the past-tense "used" and clarifying the relicensing on the NPL article--which it already is. --72.92.137.56 22:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "FS philosophy" here or new page?

I've been thinking about starting an article about the free software philosophy, but I'm currently thinking it would be better to make it part of the "free software movement" article. This seems like the right division because the free software philosophy is the difference between the movement and the free software community. Comments? Objections? Gronky 13:00, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Why wouldn't free software philosophy belong at free software? --69.54.29.23 16:46, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

"Free software" is about the definition and the software that has been written. It's also a sort of parent article. Licences should be mentioned in "free software", but the details go in "free software licences". Same with the philosophy. That's what I'm thinking anyway. Gronky 17:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Means of production

If someone knows of a likening of free software to Means of production, it would be interesting to add. Gronky 14:52, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Eben Moglen doesn't quite get there in his dotCommunist Manifesto, but almost. --71.169.128.40 23:09, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What's confusing?

A {{clarify}} tag has been added to the article. The tag says "see the talk page for details", but no details have been added here. Can someone say what is confusing about the article so that it can be fixed? Thanks. Gronky 18:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Tag removed. Gronky 12:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Willing to assist

Hello everyone.

I'm just letting you know that I'm available to help in the clarification and/or rewriting or restructuring of this Wikipedia entry. When should we plan on doing this? I'm currently watching this page, also. Dylan Knight Rogers 23:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)