Date: 27 Feb 2002 13:07:03 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <3mg03mtz0o.03m@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20020227163501.A66574@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20020227142005.A16555@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020227132417.B64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227052928.L12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227133748.C64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227054428.M12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227135103.E64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227061336.N12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227142303.A65635@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227061336.N12253@rain.macguire.net> <15484.63760.663944.125557@guru.mired.org> <20020227163501.A66574@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes:
> | what makes me think that so much stuff is GPL'ed not because people
> | are deceived by RMS, or agree with his goals, but because sharing
> | software is something that resonates in the hacker community.
>
> <bait>
> But they should realize the best form of sharing means no strings
> attached. Much of that 'shareware' was public domain.
> </bait>
And it is too often missed that much current "sharing" (a term
inappropriately used for its promotional value) is really a form of
commercial trading in valuable intellectual property rights -- the
essential reason for the GPL: A barter of copyrights to allow you
to use my software in published only if I (and others) may use yours
in published derivatives.
From US copyright law (17 USC 101):
Financial Gain:
The term "financial gain" includes receipt, or expectation of
receipt, of anything of value, including the receipt of other
copyrighted works.
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