From owner-freebsd-chat  Tue Nov 23  1:25: 1 1999
Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Received: from trltech.demon.co.uk (trltech.demon.co.uk [194.222.7.191])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B80014F8C
	for <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 01:24:14 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from rsmith@trltech.co.uk)
Received: from ns.sw.wan (ns.sw.wan [192.9.200.19])
	by trltech.demon.co.uk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA50131;
	Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:23:14 GMT
	(envelope-from rsmith@trltech.co.uk)
Received: from trltech.co.uk (localhost.sw.wan [127.0.0.1])
	by ns.sw.wan (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA26005;
	Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:23:32 GMT
	(envelope-from rsmith@trltech.co.uk)
Message-ID: <383A5D14.572D31E3@trltech.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:23:32 +0000
From: Richard Smith <rsmith@trltech.co.uk>
Reply-To: rdls@jezebel.demon.co.uk
Organization: http://www.trltech.co.uk
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL
References: <4.2.0.58.19991122123435.042bf850@localhost>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org

Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> The GPL does not meet the criteria for an open source license. First,
> it discriminates against a field of endeavor: the creation of
> commercial software. Second, it requires a "fee" before you can
> distribute works based upon the software: namely, the forfeiture of
> the value of your own code. For both of these reasons, the GPL
> is not a legitimate open source license.

Surely this second point is _your_ misconception (and a common
misconception) about the GPL, namely, confusing owned code and derived
works.

I could release my new megasuite under either BSD or GPL and will
forfeit monetary gain through either route.

Richard, who _has_ read the GPL and _is_ a BSD enthusiast.


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message