Then wouldn't the code be floating around, and people could in theory modify it a bit, and release their own product under a different name? On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Igor Gueths wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > True. However another thing that should possibly be considered is still > commercialize it, however include the source code provided you pay for > it. And then Freedombox could start a developer community, where > bugs/patches could be submitted. The only problem I can see with this > approach is that there is a chance that someone might release changes > that they made under the GPL. > On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 04:28:51PM -0400, Doug Sutherland wrote: > > > this wonderful addition happens to be...proprietary. > > > > Presumaby Matt works for said company. If the software was not > > proprietary, then how would Matt make a living? If all of the > > world's software were free, there would be a whole lot of > > unemployed programmers. I think you are going a bit too far > > with your ideas on ethics. Software developers should be able > > to earn money for their work. Would plumbers work for free > > because of an ethical need for people to have water? > > > > -- Doug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAjB/dNohoaf1zXJMRApKxAKCgCvI2pD3sKkQUgzbW/LNSCAnfpgCgjI6F > +nuqyloTe868y7RaOKG+Zbk= > =/Rxk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
