Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could you please elaborate on the "PHP loophole"? I've never heard of > it: what do you mean by that?
It's the whole web-as-platform idea. Let's say I take a copy of latex (assuming for the moment that it were GPL, which it isn't IIRC), and I "enhance" it (maybe I integrate it with word somehow, under NDA) so that it is no longer remotely compatible with the standard latex, and then set up a web site offering a document processing service for a fee. I never distribute the program in binary form, so I never have to distribute code either. I'm therefore able to take advantage of all the work the latex & tex folks have done without contributing my own changes back to the community -- or to the users of the software. A valid concern, arguably, even if it does hinge on certain ideas about how the computing field will evolve that I doubt will turn out to be accurate. But the only licenses we've seen so far that deal with this problem (if it is a problem) give up too much freedom in exchange. At least, IMHO. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
