Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We believe in the right of the recipient to receive source.
That's necessary for the recipient to have Freedom with respect to the software -- otherwise he can't modify it to suit his purposes. > We don't believe in the right of the copyright holder to see all > distributed modifications. The copyright holder has no rights to things he doesn't have. He doesn't have *access* to the modifications, so he hardly has any right to Freedom with them. > Why do we believe in one of these but not the other? And, as MJ Ray said, the second is a fee and the first is not. A gift is not a fee. A tax is not a fee. A dollar dropped out of my pocket is not a fee -- though valuable things change hands in all of those. A fee is a payment for a good or service. The copyright holder, when he demands valuables from me in exchange for Freedom, charges me a fee. But the recipient of my modifications is doing nothing for me, and so no payment to him is a fee. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
