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Subject: Re: Off-topic ramble on free software

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 16:33:40 11/11/98

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On November 11, 1998 at 15:14:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>I don't like copyleft[1].
>The right way to give away software is public domain, or like this:
>http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-copying.html
>if you want to retain copyright and still give it away.
>
>[1] For some purposes, such as acedemic use, copyleft may be a good way to go,
>since it *forces* everyone to give away all future development.  On the other
>hand, why not just make it public domain?
>
>copyleft is evil.

I think it is useful if you feel like you written a cool thing, make the choice
not to make money off of it, and want to make sure that someone else doesn't
just smack some veneer on it and start charging people for it.

bruce



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