Hey Frank,
Well said. Sure everyone has to make money, but the power of
computing must be available to all.
-- Charlie.
At 10:59 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Gena
>
>On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Georgina wrote:
> > Please Note:
> > My words are free but they're not for resale! See the New General Public
> > Licence:
>
>If you read the gpl you will see that people can sell products that are
>licensed under it. What is required is that your name be kept intact as
>the original author, it's republished under the gpl, and the source is
>available. I am not certain if it is required for them to publish what
>they've changed about it but that seems like it would be important. It
>also seems that you can branch off and make your own code tree but if you
>don't branch then you are required to submit your changes back to the
>author. Someone who knows more about this then me should comment here.
>One thing I know is that the gpl has provided us with the tools that most
>of us around here love and would never live with out. The gpl gives us
>the right of ownership of a peace of software. I don't know of any other
>license that does this. Most grant the right to use. It's unfortunate
>that most people don't care to have the 4 freedoms that freesoftware
>grants us. I don't care about open source. You can take your open source
>and stick it where the sun don't shine. I don't want the bloody source.
>I want the right to do good things for all people with that source. This
>is what the gpl does for freesoftware.
>
>--
> Frank Carmickle
>phone: 412 761-9568
>email: frankiec at dryrose.com
>
>
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