[Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software
- From: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx (steve)
- Date: Mon Aug 23 01:27:02 2010
Hi,
On 08/22/2010 03:20 PM, Akilan R wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves
<lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
sorry, you got it wrong. open source software is truly free. So called
free software under GPL is restrictive of freedom
you say this because GPLed software is "not free to make it
proprietary" right? I'm sorry. I don't want to place my software in near
public domain where people can do whatever they wished.
Excellent choice ! At the end of the day however, the people who do want to
subvert this sharing, will probably just go ahead and do it anyways. The onus
would be on you to prove that they did so (just take a look at
gpl-violations.org for examples of how even big companies rip off the efforts
of
developers without any acknowledgment). However, at least by using something
like GPL you expressively make it /illegal/ and not just /immoral/ to not share
modifications.
cheers,
- steve
PS: note, that the only reason I bothered replying is you proved that you
actually have code out there and are not all talk. Kudos !
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