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Subject: Re: can it go commercial?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:40:30 06/20/05

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On June 20, 2005 at 15:34:05, Joseph Tadeusz wrote:

>On June 20, 2005 at 10:32:33, Cesar Contreras wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure, in my understanding every derivated work from Fruit must be GPL.
>>
>>can it go commercial?
>>
>>if so can anybody make it commercial or just fabien?
>>
>>in my undersanding (point me wrong), fruit not longer belongs to fabien because
>>it's GPL.
>
>From the GNU GPL FAQ:
>
>Is the developer of a GPL-covered program bound by the GPL?
>Could the developer's actions ever be a violation of the GPL?
>
>Strictly speaking, the GPL is a license from the developer for others to use,
>distribute and change the program.
>The developer itself is not bound by it, so no matter what the developer does,
>this is not a "violation" of the GPL.
>
>However, if the developer does something that would violate the GPL if done by
>someone else, the developer will surely lose moral standing in the community.
>
>
>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

That seems a giant hole for abuse:
1.  Create project with some skeleton of code
2.  Collect a million hours of free labor
3.  Go underground with all the donated effort.



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