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byimpaledsunset ( 1337701 ) writes:
That's why I use real free and open source licenses, non abominations like the GPL. Making your software "free" and then fighting people using it with legal pressure, eh?
I put everything in the public domain, and I sleep well at night without having nightmares that someone might have violated my license.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
I like keeping my software free for everyone for ever. I'm glad you enjoy end users being robbed of their freedom.
byDeadCatX2 ( 950953 ) writes:
If it's in the public domain, how is anyone robbed of freedom? Go grab yourself gcc, download the source, and build it yourself.
Or did you post as AC because you know that argument holds no water?
byWNight ( 23683 ) writes:
Imagine FTP for instance. It's available, open, and people use it. So someone like MS implements FTP, but closes the source.
Even if they did go and get FTP source and compile it, it wouldn't work without a ton of tweaking, so they're out the ability to tweak their OS.
Oh sure, the people who are already uber-coders don't lose. But the users who might have been coders had they had more source available to look at, they lose. As does everyone they could have helped. Not any source helps here, just the source t
byCarrot007 ( 37198 ) writes:
No sure which side you are arguing for there.
>Users are hurt by not having source?
Yes indeed they are.
Users are also hurt by having GPL source.
The GPL irks me a little (though not much) because i want the source because someone wants me to have it, not they are forced to.
Being nice because you have to is not being nice.
byWNight ( 23683 ) writes:
Being nice because you have to is not being nice.
I care? Am I your mom?
At some small cost to the jerks and lazy the code (and other code) is available to more users, including me.
And you *only* lose the ability to call the code your own and close it away.
Seems to me all your users lose the ability to read the source code for the applications they use...
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