Mitch Harding;148383 Wrote: > In your original post you > said that the Logitech acquisition somehow betrayed the feel-good > motivation > for contributing to OS, which is not a sentiment shared by very many, > apparently.
In fact this whole thread could be said to be founded on a misconception. You are allowed to sell GPL software for money. You are allowed to make a profit from your sales of GPL software. You are allowed to resell software that someone else has licensed to you under the GPL for money. You are not obligated to make your source code available for free to the general public. Etc, etc. Just because people frequently choose to behave a certain way with GPL software does not mean that they are legally obligated to do so. The motivations for licensing software under the GPL can be varied, but it's pretty wild speculation to claim that those motivations have been betrayed when the licensing terms have not been violated--unless you're talking about your own personal motivations and your own personal software. And if you feel violated by acts that don't violate the license, then you should have chosen a better license. -- CatBus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28873 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
