Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > To say to somebody "we would sue you" is a harsh way to put it. > > When someone is telling that he is thinking about turning a free > software into a proprietary one, I do not think it is a good time to > shy. > > This is not a matter of criticizing you, it is a matter of trying to > make things come out best for the GNU Project. We have had lots of > help, over the years, from people who don't agree with our philosophy. > We want to get more help from such people in the future. > > Of course we want to make it clear that they cannot use GPL-covered > code in non-free larger programs. But we want to do this while > minimizing the risk that they get angry and don't help us at all. It > is a rather delicate balance. I don't always get it right, but over > the years, I have had a lot of experience to learn from.
That's ok, I see your point. -- Mathieu Roy +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | General Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org/ | | Computing Homepage: http://alberich.coleumes.org/ | | Not a native english speaker: | | http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
