gnupic: GNU LIB for PIC
Subject:
RE: GNU LIB for PIC
From:
"Kevin L. Pauba" ####@####.####
Date:
16 Jul 2002 03:57:06 -0000
Message-Id: <1026791029.14993.22.camel@dad>
And it particularly annoys me to think Microsoft hijacked the hard work
of BSD programmers by using the code of the ftp client, supplying it
with their operating system, and never compensating the project in any
way.
Every work provided under the BSD license is at risk of this type of
piracy (in my opinion, Microsoft is the biggest pirate around).
On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 12:35, James Newton. Admin 3 wrote:
> I apologies in advance if this sounds cruel or uncaring: I don't mean to
> anger anyone, but I do hope I can help people understand why the GPL is so
> important to many people (including me)
>
> Just as your companies don't care about the right of us to use our code and
> always have access to derivative works (or at least they care more about
> their profit than our access to code), GNU developers (in general; at least
> me) don't care about the fact that your companies require copyright to make
> a profit. If they need copyright, tell them to go pay for development of the
> code. If we find our code in their binaries, they will be sued. Just as they
> sue us (or worse, press criminal charges) when we make source code that
> matches their binaries.
>
> I don't blame them for wanting to make a profit or keep trade secrets....
> That is the purpose of a company. I hope you and your kids eat better
> because they make lots of money and pay you for your work. (Yes, I am
> assuming some things here.) But don't blame me for not allowing your company
> (or any other) to use my open source code to make that profit. Don't try to
> steal our work and hide it by asking us to change to a different license or
> "contributing" to the project with work done under a different license. You
> work for your pay, let us work for our code.
>
> Again, I'm not trying to make anyone mad, I'm just trying to help you
> understand what you are asking when you want us to drop Stallman. I do both
> contract and open source work (err... actually, not for gnupic specifically
> as yet) as well and write code for my company. Some of that code is owned by
> the payee of the contract, some by my company and some is owned by all
> programmers. Moving any bit of code from one ownership to another without
> acceptable compensation is theft. Period. Until the GPL, there was no way to
> keep companies from stealing our code then throwing us in jail when we
> decompiled their derivative works.
>
> Please try to understand. Write good code. Buy Red Hat stock. Support the
> FSF. Be proud of programming. <GRIN>
>
> ---
> James Newton, webmaster piclist.com (former Admin #3)
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> PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert S. Sciuk ####@####.####
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 13:32
> Cc: ####@####.####
> Subject: Re: GNU LIB for PIC
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>
> As I wade in on holy territory ... I might humbly suggest the BSD license
> -- no restrictions, no glitches, no politics, no Stallman! The best of
> all possible worlds -- IMHO.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
>
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