Hi, thanks for the pointers ! Going through the GNU license it appears to me that you can charge for the code too.
So I read http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.php Is this the offending clause ? "9. The License Must Not Restrict Other Software The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software" Wouldn't that mean open source is "more free" than free software by allowing all sorts of things (shareware, freeware, studentware, noncommercialware etc. etc.) on board ? Is the aim of free software something like communism ? Software is probably a much better place to implement communism than in the "real world" of material (physical) goods. But it wouldn't be sensible to expect laws that prohibit closed source code would it? Infact in certain niche markets this would mean an underground economy of closed source programs... -kg > > quoting RMS from one of his mails to the LOST project > > Actually we are not part of the open source movement--that is > another > piece of widely spread misinformation. We have been working since > 1984 as part of the free software movement, which has idealistic > views. > > The open source movement was founded in 1998--after the GNU/Linux > system existed--specifically to reject our idealism. They never > say that software should be free. They only cite practical benefits > for being able to copy. They don't raise the deeper issues that > we raise. > > The open source movement gained a lot of support by simply > describing > our work with their label. As a result, millions of users think > that > the GNU/Linux system was developed by the open source movement. One > recent article called me the founder of that movement! > > This is also an area where you can help correct the misinformation. > > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html for > more explanation of the difference between the two movements. > > Free Software is a approach that is based more on ideals and morals - > IMHO ;) > -iti- > sdg > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
