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I read that on Ars Technica yesterday. A rather important case for Freeware and OSS.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
like more BS from people that want to make a profit trying to take down the OSS community again. i mean c'mon, now you can sue people for using stuff you gave to them freely?!?
"Here is the source code, you can do ANYTHING you want with it but i may sue you for it."
Zoop
If i draw a picture and would give that away for free doesn't give you the right to copy the picture and make a profit from it. Why would a license agreement only be valid if you payed for it.
The real problem is that OOS might not have the cash to sue anyone.
Well I do find OSS licenses restrictive too, like an OSS game engine that wants to be professional but you only may create OSS games with it. Not even a chance for a poor fellow to create a small buck from selling his shareware game
(Well unless you go to hoops and separate the OSS code and proprietary content that is)
"Here is the source code, you can do ANYTHING you want with it but i may sue you for it."
Try reading a few OSS licenses. Most do not allow others to do anything they want with the source code.
Vintage!
That sounds like HydraIRC.
Na na na, come on!
I never took a look at HydraIRC's license but its weired. I'm tempted to call it mean. Its like "do whatever you want with the code but don't release the program and I will become the owner of whatever you did".
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
The open-source community now has a good threat if a big company (say...Microsoft...) decides to use open source code on a project, claim that they created it, and then sell it for profit. (Actually, this has been done before, I just can't remember the company that did this...) It's good that someone is fighting for the proverbial "little guy" again and giving us a weakness against the bully that is the commercial software companies which hate the idea of losing money.
OliverK> you don't live on a cow
IRC: It brings out the best in all of us...Especially when tired.
It was with lamer's pnotes. Here is the node.
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