[PLUG] Proprietary Software & the GPL
Karl M. Hegbloom
karlheg at pdxlinux.org
Fri Dec 6 20:50:20 UTC 2002
On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 10:26, AthlonRob wrote:
> It is Rich's right to release the source code to what he develops... but
> not a responsibility. Ethically, how can you guilt him in to releasing
> something he has worked quite hard on - then only making money providing
> support for it... something that, once the source is out, somebody else
> could quite easily do?
But he said he didn't write this particular peice of code, he merely
ported it to Linux with the original programmer's permission.
> [...] but let the guy make a few bucks. :-)
... so he can afford to pollute, wisely and responsibly.
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