On Thursday 18 August 2005 9:27 am, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > >From: "Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The "Stallman sense" is "free", in that if you want to use it, you are > >forced into certain conditions. > > > >The "Microsoft sense" is "non-free", in that if you want to use it, you > > are forced into certain conditions. > > Not at all. The GPL puts no conditions on the use of GPLed software- > only on distributing it. If you want to use it, you have no conditions > whatsoever. The GPL is a conditional granting of additional rights. MS > has conditions on use (the EULA), and forbids distribution.
Replace "it" with "the code". Also note that "only if you distribute" is itself, a condition. I know very few people who write code to develop useful projects and _don't_ want to share it. Gregory -- Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key ID: EAF4844B keyserver: pgpkeys.mit.edu -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
