At 12:18 AM 8/22/00 -0700, Infinite Possibilities wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Lizard wrote:
>
>> That's the 'cost' of open source, gaming or software. If the thought of
>> someone other than you making money off your work bothers you, you should
>> probably NOT open source your work.
>>
>> Of course, you're assuming someone CAN make 'lots of money' off of work a
>> consumer can also get for free. I question this assumption.
>
>Actually I have no (well, very little) problem someone making money off my
work,
>IF they also contribute something I can use while they are doing it. It is an
>exchange of ideas, and it is really the only way to grow in this type of
model.
>
But those aren't the terms of the liscence -- further, there's no way to
enforce it. The liscence means you're giving someone else the right to use
your work and give you nothing but credit. Period. Any recipricocity is
entirely voluntary.
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