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jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) writes:
> In <L3RPgB9w164w@mantis.co.uk>, From A to B writes:
> >jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) writes:
> >>     Have you actually _read_ the GPL Mathew. Your example above clearly 
> >> puts FSF software into 2, the option you support. How can you say that
> >> allowing you to freely include their code into yours is _no_ assistance.
> >Because you aren't doing anything for them.  They're making use of something
> >you did for other people.  There's a vital difference.
> 
>     Huh? Could you be a little more clear on who you and they are here.
> It seems like what you're saying is the FSF is doing nothing for you 
> by allowing you to use their code.

I am saying that allowing someone to do something is not the same as assisting
the person in doing it.

Allowing someone to take freely-available code and make "hoarded" programs
is not the same as assisting someone to take freely-available code and make
"hoarded" programs, just as allowing someone to take freely-available rainwater
and sell it under a restrictive license is not the same as assisting that
person in "hoarding" rainwater.

>                                    If their code is that worthless to 
> you, why do you want to use it in the first place?

Where do you get the "worthless" bit from?  Assistance isn't the only thing
the FSF can give that is of value.


mathew

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