From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 19 11:16:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF5337B423 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:16:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA29502; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:16:10 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010419121230.00c6e870@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:16:06 -0600 To: Trevor Johnson , Terry Lambert From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux Cc: In-Reply-To: <20010419065023.A5664-100000@blues.jpj.net> References: <200104181725.KAA16700@usr02.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 05:14 AM 4/19/2001, Trevor Johnson wrote: >The original program must have been brilliantly written, if it was worth >spending so much time on the improvements. Non sequitur. It may be that the original is mundane and the improvements contribute most or all of the program's value. > If the only way to get revenue >from it is by selling binary copies and keeping the source secret, then >the GPL would be an impediment. It is the only business model that has been shown to be viable. > Perhaps the original author would be >willing to offer you the program under some other conditions, perhaps in >exchange for a share of the rewards. Wouldn't that be fair? It is more fair, and far more ethical, than attacking others' livelihoods! I often purchase "canned" libraries for my programming work. One of my favorites is Microhelp Muscle, which I use to this day even though it is no longer sold. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message