[LAD] [OT] LinuxSampler and GPL - some clarifications

[Marek]

On Jan 27, 2008 9:40 PM, Forest Bond <forest at alittletooquiet.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 08:14:29PM +0100, Marek wrote:
> >On Jan 27, 2008 6:10 PM, Forest Bond <forest at alittletooquiet.net> wrote:
> >>On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 02:29:33PM +0100, Marek wrote:
> >>> Note the the GPL is an extremely restrictive license(to the advantage
> of the
> >>> copyright holder), and numerous articles have been published, and
> numerous
> >>> statements from various companies have been issued  regarding this
> very
> >>> issue.
>
> >>This is FUD, plain and simple.  What, do you work for Wasabi [1][2], or
> >>something?
>
> > FUD for who? For those who make profit out of work of others?
>
> According to the FSF:
>
>
>  Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute,
>  study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four
>  kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:
>
>    * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
>
>  ...
>
> Profit is one such purpose, and I believe that Stallman himself would
> defend it
> vigorously.


Again, the freedom to RUN the program for any purpose.
Suppose i'm a musician, and i am making a living with music, every night i
play piano at the "xyz piano bar", i'm using LinuxSampler on my laptop and a
masterkeyboard. Which means i'm *running* LinuxSampler for the purpose of
making profit with it.



>
>
> > Are you also making money out of work of others?
>
> Who isn't?  All work is based on the work of others.


I'm talking about taking advantage of others work with little effort and
without giving back.



>
>
> > If so then this is FUD for you indeed. If you are a copyright holder
> then you
> > should know how the GPL protects your work.
>
> Agreed.  But your interpretation of the GPL is one that I've certainly
> never
> seen.


You have seen it now :)

Marek
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