> It was this kind of abuses that spawned the creation of the original > GPL.
In the context of that abuse, RMS was the user, Xerox was the developer. RMS felt that he, as a user, was screwed, so he created the GPL to protect users in the future. He, as a developer, uses it because he cannot in good conscience abuse his users like Xerox did. If you read the GPL, though, you'll see that there's nothing in there that says anything about users of the software "giving back" which was my point. Sure, there are lots of side effects, but that's more of a community spirit thing than an actual legal requirement. _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
