You may find this question silly, but what/who is RMS and GPL?
jesus X wrote:
> Ian Hickson wrote:
>
>>Since you clearly understand the issues, I would recommend being more
>>careful when making statements like "RMS [sees] selling software as a
>>sin", which is not true at all (he encourages it), and "[GPL] software
>>itself must be 100% cost free", which again is patently untrue.
>>We have enough trouble with people misunderstanding the concept of free
>>software without untruths being spread by reliable sources as well! :-)
>>
>
> Good point. I need to do better filtering my philosophical issues with RMS from
> my issues with the GPL. :)
>
> Like I said, I LIKE the GPL for some things. I think things like OSes, drivers,
> compilers, and the like are best GPLed. But, I see nothing wrong with a company
> releasing software with a license that does not allow the user to make unlimited
> copies and redistribute for free, but still grants them the right to edit and
> modify the source for their own personal use, or create modifications and
> distribute them freely for other owners of the software. An perfect example is
> id Software. I would bet dollars to donuts that if MS followed a similar scheme,
> the OS would become ten times better within a year. Of course, they'd charge
> more, and we're screwed even more...
>
>
>>Yes, of course. I couldn't care less, personally. My belief is that
>>software should be free (as in free will), for reasons described quite
>>well by RMS in his papers. If this means it is not possible to make a
>>profit from software development, then so be it.
>>
>
> Like I said, I don't think everything needs to be that way. I know how hard it
> is to program good apps, and the skill it requires. If there was no way for a
> programmer to be reimbursed for his effort, the current IT explosion we have
> known over the past 20 years would not have happened, IMHO.
>
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