Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:33:46 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 19:33:40, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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. Well, I have to admit that I am *way* too rabid on the topic. Of course, copyleft provides *no* protection for the above. Else, how could the Redhat Linux folks be charging $50 for a CD? Is that money going to Linus Torvalid? I am sure that there is real utility in copyleft for a lot of occasions, and think that surely it does have value for a lot of people. I do think that some persons do not think through all ramifications. I think the thing that jades me the most is that I am from the old ACM days. People would invent an algorithm and then publish it just for the joy of finding it. Those days seem to be gone. Sniff :-( ... Do I hear violins playing a sad song in the background? Really, I have no problem whatsoever with other people copylefting things right and left. It just grates on *me* personally. Quite frankly, I was in fear of a Linux advocacy thread because I run such a hot fever on this topic, and yet I am the progenitor of all the argument. I do hereby swear that all future Linux advocacy and copyleft goo in this thread will be followed up by me *only* via email. And sorry for the off-topic rambles.
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