On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Aasif Shaikh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I am new to GNU/Linux and Open Source world. I had seen lots of open > source stable projects on internet, which anybody can download, modify > and sell to anybody. > > Now the question arises; if a *PERSON A* develops a stable and good > project as an Open Source and upload it over the internet and the > *PERSON B* from some other country downloads and modify it with his name > as an author (basically he is stealing someone's code) and sell it to > some company to make money out of it. So how this *PERSON A* is going to > be benefited. some reading material of interest to you http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License http://www.fsf.org/resources/what-is-fs/what-is-fs-new.pdf > > > Please excuse me if I am wrong in asking this question. > > Best Regards, > Aasif Shaikh. > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- __________________________ http://harsh.busa.in/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
