It was probably this bit that was the clue... "I mean if I develop a VBA app for Excel for a customer, I compile it into an Add-In to protect my IP."
A different technology and different commercial perspective with rights to exploit I agree, but I suggest open source comes from a different mindset, in fact you could say it originated because of the close minded commercial exploitation that constrained co-operative software development. I'm not anti-business, I have my own, but I don't like the idea of disguising open source software for anything other than that. Here's a good way of dealing with it:- http://www.osmosoft.com/bt/ You don't need to hide it, BT is the biggest provider of telecom services in the UK. You might like to ask Osmosoft's founder if there is still money and good business in it. He gave us TiddlyWiki! Bob On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 08:47 -0800, Xavier Vergés wrote: > > If you wish to exploit others efforts for your own personal gain then > > that is a matter for your conscience. > We all do that. I use Firefox for my own personal gain. And, while at > work, lots of other open source software for my own financial gain. > > > Pretending that open source derived software is > > all your intellectual property disgusts me, to put it mildly. > I don't know Steve's plan, but he did not say that he plans to claim > that, or fail to give credit (probably license terms would make that > illegal) > > -Xavier > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
