Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:49:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: rdls@jezebel.demon.co.uk, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911232046480.58822-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991123130316.04607100@localhost>
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote: >What's more, if that person makes money from a derived work, his profit >(if any; most software companies don't ever make money) will likewise >stem only from HIS improvements -- because the base functionality is >already available for free. Correct me if i'm wrong, but you are referring here to the BSD license, correct? Then what can the original author charge for? How is the basic functionality 'free' if it is sold commercially? -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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