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RE: making a non-GPLed module
- To: Tzahi Fadida <muaddib(at-nospam)mailandnews.com>
- Subject: RE: making a non-GPLed module
- From: <frodo(at-nospam)sharat.co.il>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:27:30 +0200 (IST)
- cc: Linux-IL Mailing List <linux-il(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il>
- In-Reply-To: <LBEOILPMDDGLFONABBHNEEAECOAA.muaddib@mailandnews.com>
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
TF>> Also, Mosix is developed by you at huji which is a respectable
TF>> institute. Wouldn't it be immoral of you to exercise this kind
TF>> of conduct in the university. Not to mention the poor example
Well, it we start to talk about morality, I'm not sure it's morally right
to force anybody to give their work out on the terms some guy wants just
because anybody's code makes that guy's code work better. I don't see any
moral clause here. It may be or not be a _legal_ cause, but moral...
TF>> you are giving your students to break laws that morally
TF>> shouldn't be broken? I mean, palgiarism of any kind is not
TF>> tolerated in any learning institute. And obviously this is what
Tell me how writing own code and failing to agree to distribute it on the
terms somebody other wants is "plagiarism"? You better choose words more
carefully.
TF>> developed by Linus at his university). I must add also that this
TF>> kind of mentality of steal and don't get caught is very bad for
TF>> Israel.
Again, you got carried away by your vocabulary. Now writing own code and
failing to give it away under exactly those terms which some other guy
invented is called "stealing". Please. Gimme a break. I know it is
fashionable to cry over how Israeli users steal a lot of software, but
this has really nothing to do with this discussion.
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