Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 06:58:49 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jeremy Karlson <karlj000@unbc.ca>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011220065451.02653af0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112200149520.29122-100000@ugrad.unbc.ca> References: <b2itb2y1nh.tb2@localhost.localdomain>
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At 03:00 AM 12/20/2001, Jeremy Karlson wrote: >Okay, "proprietary" is perhaps not a good word, but I still can't think of >a better one. Try "commercial." GPLed software cannot be commercial, because it cannot be the object of commerce. Yes, you can sell a disc with the software ON it for money, but you cannot license the software ITSELF for money. >What I was getting at is that even if Stallman were to >change the license on his "free software," users would always have the >ability to grab an older version and fork development at that point. Yes, but then they would have to maintain a parallel version which there is no economic incentive to develop (because the current GPL already precludes any reward for doing so). >PS - I've seen that "Open Sources" book around a few times, and I thought >it might be an interesting read, but I've always thought it's probably >pretty Linux and GPL preachy. Is it actually worth my time to read? McKusick's essay in that book is worth a read. Stallman and Perens' contributions are pure propaganda. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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