On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Alex Rousskov wrote:
When people make non-free derivatives they are taking from me
without paying in the same way as software pirates are claimed to
of non-free software.
Exactly. And in the same way you did not pay Newton or Dekart for what
you are taking from them
This is my last response. IMO, this is not the right place to discuss
moral issues related to Copyleft/BSD licensing.
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Russell McOrmond wrote:
When people make non-free derivatives they are taking from me
without paying in the same way as software pirates are
claimed
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Alex Rousskov wrote:
This is my last response. IMO, this is not the right place to discuss
moral issues related to Copyleft/BSD licensing.
My comment was not intended to be about moral issues, but business
models. The only link to morality is what around tangibles often
This is quickly off-topic for this list again. I wonder if there needs
to be an @opensource.org discussion group for discussing the business
model and legal analysis of license agreements beyond the question of
approving them as OSI compliant?
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Alex Rousskov wrote:
On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 18:07, Russell McOrmond wrote:
This is quickly off-topic for this list again. I wonder if there needs
to be an @opensource.org discussion group for discussing the business
model and legal analysis of license agreements beyond the question of
approving them as OSI
Quoting Alex Rousskov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
... Or the undocumented(?) charter of this list can be expanded. Or
any off-topic posts should be moderated out.
1. The list isn't moderated. I'm sure Rusl and others have better
things to do, so they trust to people to behave themselves.
2. The
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
How does a copyleft provision either help or hurt these objectives?
The way I like to think of it (personal opinion only!) is that:
- copyleft ensures the *code* always stays free (maximizing the
original author and end-users freedom)
- BSD/AFL
Alex Rousskov scripsit:
- Copyleft licenses maximize the freedom of the code
- BSD-like licenses maximize the freedom of the user
I think this works better if you say developer, not user.
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