On Jan 27, 2008 9:40 PM, Forest Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 08:14:29PM +0100, Marek wrote: > >On Jan 27, 2008 6:10 PM, Forest Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 02:29:33PM +0100, Marek wrote: > >>> Note the the GPL is an extremely restrictive license(to the advantage > of the > >>> copyright holder), and numerous articles have been published, and > numerous > >>> statements from various companies have been issued regarding this > very > >>> issue. > > >>This is FUD, plain and simple. What, do you work for Wasabi [1][2], or > >>something? > > > FUD for who? For those who make profit out of work of others? > > According to the FSF: > > > Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, > study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four > kinds of freedom, for the users of the software: > > * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). > > ... > > Profit is one such purpose, and I believe that Stallman himself would > defend it > vigorously.
Again, the freedom to RUN the program for any purpose. Suppose i'm a musician, and i am making a living with music, every night i play piano at the "xyz piano bar", i'm using LinuxSampler on my laptop and a masterkeyboard. Which means i'm *running* LinuxSampler for the purpose of making profit with it. > > > > Are you also making money out of work of others? > > Who isn't? All work is based on the work of others. I'm talking about taking advantage of others work with little effort and without giving back. > > > > If so then this is FUD for you indeed. If you are a copyright holder > then you > > should know how the GPL protects your work. > > Agreed. But your interpretation of the GPL is one that I've certainly > never > seen. You have seen it now :) Marek
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