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Re: The Free Software Definition - Free Software Foundation
In article <kD9Mk.22087$4u2.17285@newsfe01.iad>,
"Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> wrote:
> "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> nospam-B18A27.13162223102008@news.motzarella.org">news:nospam-B18A27.13162223102008@news.motzarella.org...
> >Aren't open source licenses a way to retain copyright while giving way
> >software?
>
> Yes they are and I always include my source code with my programs and
> my own licencing for the occasion.
I didn't mean to denigrate the educational value of your (considerable)
oeuvre. The Aztec C Museum is an extraordinary work. What license do you
use? Sorry, I didn't see it on the site?
> But I disagree with Stallman's totalitarianism.
>
> http://www.fsf.org/
I thought he was more of a leftist:
<http://www.stallman.org/>
Looking at the list of causes he espouses, I can't help but wonder how
tempted he was by clauses like "free for non-military use" or "free for
proponents of <cause-du-jour>." I like his no-strings-attached concept
for using free software. I'm guessing it's the redistribution-
of-derived-works part of the GPL you find onerous.
> >> I've never met a doctor or a lawyer who gives their time for nothing.
> >I've never met a doctor who doesn't.
>
> I meant gives their time "exclusively for nothing" Dr. John.
Fair enough.
> Back again to Stallman's totalitarianism, and I'll clean that up by
> withdrawing the comment altogether, but my point is really that
> software authors should be remunerated as in every profession.
Agreed.
> If I'd said "Bricklayers" I'd probably have got a Brick in the head:)
> but I can't begin to count the number of times that people who can
> afford a repair shop have phoned me to fix their kid's computer after
> hours over the last 30 years when they hear that I develop software.
Sympathy. Inexplicably, my Windows using relatives find my Mac advocacy
off-putting. :-)
> Again, comment withdrawn.
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John B. Matthews
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