On 30-Jun-08, at 6:05 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: >> >> I would tend to the opinion that sale of any software, let alone FOSS >> is illegal, immoral and an act of cheating - the only point is, that >> the courts have to recognise this. >> > > According to all FOSS licences, the software itself need not be > available to be downloadable to public - only to the customer (You > can't restrain your > customers from distributing it though) But the essence being that all > the rights the licences talk about, are that of the paying customer. > > If that is the case, why cannot one sell software with source along > with all the other freedoms given by the licence? What is immoral > about > it? When you are using the term 'immoral', you mean it is the > violation > of certain principles/intent of the licence. What violation do you see > here?
software is knowledge. Knowledge cannot be bought or sold. It can only be shared. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
