Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:36:15 +0000 From: Richard Smith <rsmith@trltech.co.uk> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <383B08CF.40D3FB7@trltech.co.uk> References: <4.2.0.58.19991122123435.042bf850@localhost> <383A5D14.572D31E3@trltech.co.uk>
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Richard Smith wrote: > > 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 withdraw this statement, I totally misinterpreted your second point, when I read it originally. Richard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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