Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:52:03 -0500 From: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reviewers for a free software license Message-ID: <19990222215203.A18876@netmonger.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990222193349.03fc1ba0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 07:36:58PM -0700 References: <Your <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902221445460.19928-100000@o-o.org> <61961.919737106@zippy.cdrom.com> <4.1.19990222193349.03fc1ba0@mail.lariat.org>
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I can't resist. On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 07:36:58PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > Can you write a <100-word license that does all of these things and > is also incompatible with the GPL? After recent exchanges in several > forums, it is my opinion that preventing the use of one's code in > GPLed products is important. One concern I would have about such a license is that it would appear to violate the Robinson-Patman Act. It would make code free to users, free to developers of non-GPLed software, and expensive or utterly unattainable to developers of GPLed software. Brett Glass specifically states that an effect of his proposed modification would be to prevent code being used in competing GPLed products. -- Christopher Masto Director of Operations NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net "Good tools allow users to do stupid things." -- Clay Shirky To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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