-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
>>>>> "Anupam" == Anupam Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Anupam> [snip]
Anupam> Maybe I sent out the wrong vibes in my previous mail.. I
Anupam> am an absolute free-softwarist :-). So I don't benefit
Anupam> from closed software at all and thus have no
Anupam> personal/financial interest in promoting it.
Anupam> But one of the basic principle of the freedom philosophy
Anupam> is that the ends do NOT justify the means. When you are
Anupam> following the moral high road, you do not go out of your
Anupam> way to take the occasional short cuts. The goal of the GPL
Anupam> should be to protect the work of the "self-less"
Anupam> developers and not to prevent the "heretic" developers
Anupam> from making money. There is no harm in having such a goal
Anupam> on a personal level (it's every individuals personal
Anupam> freedom to have his own philosophy) but it should not be a
Anupam> part of a public reference (which the GPL virtually is for
Anupam> Free licenses). If, some time in the future, the
Anupam> animosity towards the closed source development model were
Anupam> to change (perhaps someone *mathematically* proves that it
Anupam> is what god intended us to follow =:) ) we should not have
Anupam> weaved a web of intolerant rules around ourselves that it
Anupam> makes adaptation to this new development by the masses
Anupam> difficult. The GPL should include only the minimum set of
Anupam> rules that completely protect freedom. The not allowing
Anupam> other people to distribute *independent* software
Anupam> (software that can theoretically be developed without ever
Anupam> having touched even a single line of the "free" code) rule
Anupam> does not protect our freedom as a free software developer
Anupam> but is there only in the spirit of "he does not help us so
Anupam> why should we help him". Thus it is a wrong thing to say
Anupam> when you are preaching to the masses. Let the people
Anupam> decide for themselves who they want to hate, we just give
Anupam> them a reason to like us :-).
I think you're confusing the goal of the GPL. The objective of the
person who wrote the GPL (and subsequently of many of us) is to create
a world without proprietary software, because software hoarding
reduces the amount of wealth in the world. Considered from this point
of view, the GPL is eminently suited to the task.
Your goal may be different, in which case a different license may be
more appropriate for your needs. Good luck!
Anupam> I might not have made much sense above in running text so
Anupam> I need to re-organise my thoughts but a lot of people use
Anupam> the GPL without understanding all the implications
Anupam> (including me). And since the viral clause makes it very
Anupam> hard to correct mistakes, it is vital that we get it right
Anupam> the first time. Thus some research and heated discussions
Anupam> are necessary ;-)
It was got right the first time :)
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F
It is the mind that moves
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>
iD8DBQFAi/ZeyWjQ78xo0X8RAmwfAKCAsVulQEsWphXmyftv8Y/Iezo9GQCgiJqX
A6p5DWCOD+20NeqYerXWCc0=
=PQa7
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
_______________________________________________
ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
