Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:36:19 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: dyson@iquest.net Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jcwells@u.washington.edu, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fascinating GPL License 8) Message-ID: <4.1.19990220123306.009bde90@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199902201850.NAA79492@y.dyson.net> References: <4.1.19990219111737.03fbfd90@mail.lariat.org>
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At 01:50 PM 2/20/99 -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: >> That's quite a bit less obnoxious. It works better because the owner >> can assign the copyright and still use the code for commercial purposes. >> That's not possible under the General Poverty License. >> >That is the best description of the "GPL" I have EVER heard... More >like GPLEFCVA$C... > >General poverty license except for cdrom vendors and $upport companies. > >(Hey, I don't care if people make money -- however developers should > directly be in the money pipeline also !!!) The problem is that the CD-ROM vendors and support companies ultimately won't make money on GPLed software. There's tons of free support and free literature already, and what can't be handled by reading that generally requires an on-site consultant. (Doing things by phone is TREMENDOUSLY expensive.) The CD-ROM vendors, likewise, will need to plan for the day when high-bandwidth links are ubiquitous. They'll be able to sell commercial software (including customized versions of BSD-licensed stuff) and make money, but not GPLed software, because they won't be able to gain even a small proprietary edge by adding novel features or improvements to the code. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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