On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:04:44PM +0100, Paul Case wrote: > >There is also a GPL-FAQ: > >http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html > > > >Passage from this FAQ: > > > >I would like to release a program I wrote under the GNU GPL, but I > >would like to use the same code in non-free programs. > > > > To release a non-free program is always ethically tainted, but > >legally there is no obstacle to your doing this. If you are the > >copyright holder for the code, you can release it under various > >different non-exclusive licenses at various times. > > > "To release a non-free program is always ethically tainted"??? Is the > author talking specifically about RE-releasing software that was under a > "free" license under a non-free license, or is he speaking generally?? > (If it's the first answer, then the author worded that paragraph VERY > poorly).
The GNU people are against unfree software in general - even against noncommercial unfree software. That's the difference between the Free Software movement and the OpenSource movement. If you want to learn more about the different views, read this text from the OpenSource movement: http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/350/LWD010523vcontrol4/ and this text form the Free Software movement: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html BTW. as you can see the term "Free Software" is used by both movements -- Tschuess Andreas ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
