Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:31:17 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: greyheart@fnmail.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <199911230431.WAA06609@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> of "Mon, 22 Nov 1999 12:43:36 MST." <4.2.0.58.19991122123435.042bf850@localhost>
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Brett Glass writes: > The GPL does not meet the criteria for an open source license. First, > it discriminates against a field of endeavor: the creation of > commercial software. Second, it requires a "fee" before you can > distribute works based upon the software: namely, the forfeiture of > the value of your own code. For both of these reasons, the GPL > is not a legitimate open source license. Brett, you've fallen into the trap layed by the left-wingers of equating "Open Source" with "Freely Redistributable". Any vendor who includes source code with the product is "Open Source" (or should be able to wear such a label). The original Apple ][ PROM monitor was open source as Apple published the listing in the manuals. It was not freely redistributable, and they fought Franklin in the courts for years before winning. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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