Re: pascal system

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.com>]

In article <448776B8.9BA55A53@buckeye-express.com>,
 "Paul R. Santa-Maria" <paulrsm@buckeye-express.com> wrote:

> "Steven N. Hirsch" wrote:
> > Do folks have any preference regarding the particular license I put my
> > code under?  I'm tempted to GPL it unless there are well-reasoned
> > objections.
> 
> I always release anything I do as public domain.  It is
> the simplest with the least amount of restrictions.  The
> only reason you would not do it that way is if you were
> paranoid that someone else might make money off of your
> work.  I figure that if they can make money off of my
> work, more power to them.
> 
> --
> Paul R. Santa-Maria
> Temperance, Michigan USA

I always release under GPL, unless there's some reason not to. GPL 
doesn't preclude profit. I'm _glad_ if someone can make money with code 
to which I've contributed. GPL merely ensures that (distributed) 
improvements see the light of day, too.

The biggest problem I see with public domain is that there's no way to 
enforce a "no warranty" policy.

-- 
John Matthews
jmatthews at wright dot edu
www dot wright dot edu/~john.matthews/