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Re: GNU "Moral Codes"
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mike3 |
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Re: GNU "Moral Codes" |
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:49:12 -0700 |
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On Aug 25, 2:48 am, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> mike3 <mike4...@yahoo.com> writes:
<snip>
> > Oh, so you can go and profit off of the other person's work,
> > _provided_ that it stays free and GPL.
>
> Not really. You can keep the result all to yourself, profit from its
> use, and let nobody have it.
>
Not really? I thought you could sell or profit off a GPL program,
since the GPL says nothing about not obtaining money it just
says all copies/modifications have to be under GPL.
So, boiled down, the answers are this:
1. It's immoral to profit off of your own work *by restricting the
freedom of the user through proprietary license*, according
to FSF morals.
2. It's illegal to relicense GPL-licensed software of others under
proprietary terms to third parties, by the terms of the GPL and
The Law. (Not to mention it's also immoral under (1) as well
w/ FSF morals. And also because you break the law doing it
and you're supposed to follow the law.)
Is that all right?
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", (continued)
Re: GNU "Moral Codes", John Hasler, 2007/08/20
Re: GNU "Moral Codes", David Kastrup, 2007/08/21
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", mike3, 2007/08/24
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", David Kastrup, 2007/08/25
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", mike3, 2007/08/25
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes",
mike3 <=
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/08/26
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- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", mike3, 2007/08/26
- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/08/26
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- Re: GNU "Moral Codes", mike3, 2007/08/27
Re: GNU "Moral Codes", mike3, 2007/08/26