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Article #74136Re: why the library license
From: Sakari Jalovaara
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1991 15:33
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1991 15:33
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> I can, legally, take any PD software, package it up, and sell it > to all buyers without giving the authors a dime or any kind of > recognition. > The GPL is one way of getting such protection, which any software producer > needs! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Really? I don't write programs for fame (no thanks) or money (yes please but not if it hurts more important goals.) I try not to be jealous if someone else makes money. All kinds of naive idealists around here, huh?! I _want_ others to be able to take my PD software, use and sell it or pieces of it if they want to. I can't use(*) GPL or GPL-infected software because it tries to prevent me from doing that with my own work (and even worse, it tries to make me pass on the restrictions to others.) (*)"use" of source code considered here more than compiling&running. ++sja
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,f8ba9bb4a8fd2d37 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-03 08:09:35 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!news.funet.fi!fuug!nntp.hut.fi!nntp!sja From: sja@sirius.hut.fi (Sakari Jalovaara) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: why the library license Message-ID: <1991Jul3.143338.4931@nntp.hut.fi> Date: 3 Jul 91 15:33:33 GMT References: <1991Jul1.000732.13640@eedsp.gatech.edu> <3976@kluge.fiu.edu> <1991Jul2.140814.24523@eedsp.gatech.edu> Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: baud@kepler's message of 2 Jul 91 14:08:14 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sirius.hut.fi