amicus_curious wrote:
Oh, I haven't heard of any Verizon customer re-programming his router.
Oh, that must mean it never happens. Good point.
That seems kind of useless anyway.
The point of Free Software is for users to have the freedom to run, read, modify, and share the code. It is up to the users to decide if they want to do any of those things, but the important thing is for it not to be denied them if they do want it. This may not be a goal that you share, and if so, when a router manufacturer decides to use your software rather than BusyBox, they will have to meet your conditions for distribution. Meanwhile, they have to meet BusyBox's terms. > Why bother with some second hand version from Verizon anyway The distributor of the software must make the source properly available under the GPL so that users are able to deal with the exact version of the code they are receiving. And because the license says so. > Seems like a stupid tactic. Not when the goal is to give users the freedom to run, read, modify, and share the code they receive. It may be stupid in furtherance of other goals, and so people who have those other goals will not use that tactic. But that's not the FSF or the SFLC or the authors of BusyBox. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
