On Sunday 25 October 2009 09:50:40 pm leee wrote: > > I'm sorry Durk, but you still don't get it. The license is not > there to protect anything but the freedom of the software. It's > not there to protect or assert any rights of the the users (other > than to use it as they wish for their own purposes) or the > developers and is only there to ensure that the software may be > distributed without the imposition of restrictions beyond those > specified in the GPL license. >
Arrrgggg, 1) As far as I can tell, I never suggested that the GPL implies anything else but ensuring that the software remains free and open. And, as I clearly stated stated, I'm in full support of that. 2) I've pointed to a very possible scenario where the the GPL would be violated. Granted, piracy might -in retrospect- not have been the best choice of words, but copyright violation certainly is for the scenario that I described. Closing your eyes and pretending that everything is alright is, in this respect rather naive in my opinion. 3) I said *moral* obligation, not obligation. Obligation would be something that we would have needed to do according to a formal requirement; moral obligation is something entirely different. I specifically said: "Personally, I think that we have a *moral* obligation to do what is in our power to prevent that." This does indeed have nothing to do with the license, but everything with a sense of justice that every normal human should have. You said that it is up to me personally to act on that. Well isn't that exactly what I'm doing? I'm sorry if this comes across as overly harsh, but I don't like it when things are being attributed to me which I never implied. I cannot escape the impression that throughout the reading of my post you've been a bit presumptuous regarding my understanding of the GPL. Please read it again with a more open mind. Cheers, Durk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
