30 Jan
2008
30 Jan
'08
6:51 p.m.
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 23:38 +0100, Marek wrote:
What issue? You're using GPLed software in a manner permitted by the
licence. Where's the issue?
What's that got to do with the price of mince?
Despite what
Marek says about the evils of commercial exploitation or
whatever, by licensing under the GPL developers /encourage/ commercial
use - so long as changes get contributed back to the community.
My product is a router which uses your software in an unmodified form.
It pulls firmware directly from net. I don't offer anything for
download. Note, this would *not* be a distribution of your software,
this would be selling of my router.
How do you solve this issue? These are my
wishes, and countless other developer's wishes, despite
what a certain non-developer (who ironically only exploits GPL software,
not creates it) might say.
How do you know i'm not using MacOSX? If these are you wishes, how about simply not taking
my point of view,
or my advice?
How about not insulting someone who's trying to help those who are
interested, if you are not interested?
And that, folks, is why you shouldn't take drugs.
Marek, lay off the mind-altering substances, okay? You're starting to
worry us a bit here.
Gordon
People who want to make a CD full of free software and sell it, at a
profit, are more than welcome to do so.
That's distribution. Not selling software.