gnupic: code protect (was: Re: PIC vs GPL question)
Subject:
code protect (was: Re: PIC vs GPL question)
From:
David McNab ####@####.####
Date:
4 Nov 2004 22:57:36 +0000
Message-Id: <418AB3D4.9090301@rebirthing.co.nz>
Julian Green wrote:
> Alternativly turn the code protect bit on and nobody is any the wiser.
> Shhh! who said that!
That particular thought did cross my mind, no denying.
But I decided against it, since:
1) It's dishonest - even though I've donated tens of thousands of lines
of code to the global community under gpl, lgpl, bsd and pd, the
act of ripping off someone's gpl code into a proprietary black box
is surely a bad karma magnet.
2) Code protect is not worth a damn - there are companies which offer
a service of uplifting images from supposedly 'code-protected' PICs,
seemingly via some esoteric h/w techniques.
--
Cheers
David
