8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
10:33 a.m.
A software patent? Then maybe EU citizens could be
exempted from the
non-commercial restriction (at least until Virgin and friends have
bought enough MEPs). Not that it would make any practical difference to
me, I'm not going to write any music that anyone would want to buy any
time soon.
Right, most people other than my wife will probably never hear
anything I create, but at the same time, using software with any kind
of restrictions on it really bothers me. This is exactly the reason I
left the Windows world and went to Linux, so that I could have the
peace of mind of using 100% free software. If I wanted to use
software with sketchy licensing under the table, I'd load a cracked
version of Windows on my box and start surfing the warez sites. This
is an exaggeration I know, but still - if the software is GPL, then it
should be GPL 100%.
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Josh