From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Aug 22 6:18:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B56737B424 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 06:18:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13RDwx-0003Ti-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:18:43 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA27340 for chat@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:18:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:18:43 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL v. BSD and fragmentation Message-ID: <20000822141843.C27208@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 02:01:56PM -0700, Tani Hosokawa wrote: | On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:51:52PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: | > | > i just realized that if someone works on a project and then signs it to the | > GPL, then not only have they given up the right to their code, but also the | > right to make a living by selling enhancements. also, (and this is the | > scary part) they destroy the motivation for anyone else to ever begin a | > competing product. wow. | | Well, that's not entirely true. You can still make a living | customizing the program, and you can bill for the time spent to make | those modifications. You just have to release those changes to the | public after you're done writing them. but being the author is no longer an advantage. also, you will never be able to sell the improvements for the price of the original product. and someone can come along and undercut your bid to add improvements. jcm -- jcm -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message