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