Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:31:45 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 16:17:37, Don Dailey wrote: [snip] >What prevents them is value added by Redhat. But you are right, I can >make all the copies I want of the CDROM and give them out for free or >sell them I suppose. I'll tell you what else is remarkable. You can >go the the RedHat web site and download everything on the CDROM for >NOTHING whatsoever. What is actually protected by the license, and a >lot of people don't understand this, is the OPENNESS of the software. >You cannot claim it for yourself, copy protect it or forbid others >access in any way. You also cannot take the source code, make a few >changes and then claim ownership. Of course, the same thing is true for Public Domain. However, with public domain, I can protect my changes and additional work. I cannot with copyleft. I see no advantage to copyleft over public domain. I see enormous disadvantage to copyleft over public domain. And if you are afraid of losing your copyright status, do like ACE. I know people are passionate about both sides of this issue. I imagine that in any case the debate will never close. You mention in another thread that you are looking for commercial Linux Chess programs. What for? Get Phalanx & Crafty with Xboard. Crafty 16.0 with a ton of new Nalimov tablebase files absolutely rocks, and Xboard is one of the best looking interfaces around. Better yet, write a Star Socrates interface for Xboard and you'll really have a churing, burning chess machine. There are lots of other chess systems for Linux. I don't see any need for them to be commercial. Reminds me of a cat story. When I was in High School, my best friend's sister was going to buy a cat. My sister's cat had just had kittens, so I offered one for free. "I want a cat that costs lots of money." She replied. "OK, she'll chare you for it." I responded. [snip]
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