--On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 1:41 pm +0200 "Philipp Frauenfelder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Anyone who releases software using the GPL does not consider > > these restrictions bad, because it prevents others from making > > money off of their hard work while allowing others to use it." > > > > I understand it like this: "Anyone who releases software using > > the GPL does not consider these restrictions bad, because it > > prevents others from making money off of their hard work while > > not sharing their work with the public."
Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst the sentence you give is correct (more or less - the GPL doesn't > restrict distribution for profit, merely licensing for-profit - a subtle, > but important difference), I don't think that it is in fact the desired > meaning. Hmm.. Richard Stallman's rationale focussed on "Software Hoarding" being bad -- that since the cost of reproducing software is infitesimally small that it's economically bad [as an aside: bad, in economics, is usually equivalent to "extremely inefficient" or "tending towards extreme inefficiency"] to collect a lot for the activity. With this in mind, I'd be tempted to phrase the sentence as: "Anyone who releases software using the GPL does not consider these restrictions bad, because they force people making money off their hard work to share that work with the public". -- Raul
