'GPL encumbrance problems'
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 18:33:48 UTC 2006
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 11:16, Rickey Moore wrote:
>
> Good example, Paul. There >IS< a 'Gift Debt' that comes from using
> opensource, which according to my perspectives is the imperative to
> 'pass it forward'. You cannot directly repay those whose shoulders
> you stand on, but you can 'pass forward' their gift to the next guy.
Are you suggesting that there is something morally wrong with
the people who contributed to the *bsd components whose lack
of restrictions allowed them to be used in OSX as well as
continuing to be freely available? Or that OSX existing at
all is a bad thing?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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