🚀 go-pugleaf

Here in comp.os.os2.misc, "J. Clarke" <nospam@nospam.nospam>
spake unto us, saying:

>"Richard Steiner" <rsteiner@visi.com> wrote in message
>news:UJTl4oHpvu5F092yn@visi.com...
>
>> Dishonest people will distribute the drivers anyway regardless of the
>> availability of the source.
>
>GPL covers more than availability of source.  GPL for most code other than
>development tools says that you can't prevent your customer from giving it
>away either.

I'm somewhat conversant with the details of the GPL, thanks.  :-)

>> BTW, some of us would be more likely to pay for it simply BECAUSE it's
>> released as an open source product.
>
>Why would you pay for something that you may legally obtain for free?

Why?  Because I like supporting those software developers who do things
that I approve of.

Why else do you think I've registered dozens of shareware packages over
the years?  And why else do I continue to purchase "official" versions
of the various Linux distributions I use here (Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE,
etc) instead of getting the $2 version from Cheap*Bytes?

Because I like supporting the authors.  Period.

I don't register crippled software at all as a general rule, but if I
see something I think is cool, I'll pay for it out of principle, or to
encourage further development, or sometimes just because I happen to
like the author.

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
                 The pain pill didn't work; I feel great.