Correction: Licensing under the GPL does *not* constitute "giving the code away". Rather, think of it as a code audit, and an invitation to the open source community to participate in the development of your code. If an open source programmer "donated the code to the general public," she or she wouldn't have the right to require modifications to their original source code to be released to the public under the same conditions. Public domain software != open source software.
Mabuhay. Original Message: ----------------- From: Ricky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:06:18 +0800 To: plug@lists.q-linux.com Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Linux trends in the Philippines = = = [ s n i p p o ] = = = This is the essence of IP. No one is stopping you from donating your creation to the general public. This is what the FSF does with the GPL. But by their own rules, you are not allowed to use this without sharing the source code as well. I cannot make a commercial product out of their source code without including it this. Essentially, this is the price they require from your to ensure that the code is free. But to require everyone to behave in this manner is unjust and counter productive. Less innovation will occur if the inventor is forced to give his creation away for free. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
