On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 13:46 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > 2011/1/5 Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>: > > have the land, unless I evict him. But software? Even if someone > takes a > > copy and makes it closed - I still have my copy. So what do I lose? > > You perhaps don't lose anything - but consider person A, who takes the > software from you - full source code and freedom, and person B, who > takes the software from your friend who made it closed - no source > code or freedoms.
then B is an ass - he should have taken it from me. The fact that A takes my code and closes it only applies to the copy A has - my copy is still open. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
