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Re: making a non-GPLed module
- To: "Nadav Har'El" <nyh(at-nospam)math.technion.ac.il>
- Subject: Re: making a non-GPLed module
- From: Oleg Goldshmidt <ogoldshmidt(at-nospam)computer.org>
- Date: 29 Nov 2001 11:00:13 +0200
- Cc: Omer Zak <omerz(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>, linux ILUG <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: "Nadav Har'El"'s message of "Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:30:01 +0200"
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"Nadav Har'El" <nyh@math.technion.ac.il> writes:
> Free software is about slightly more than having source: it's also
> about being able to use the source for whatever you want (not just
> for your personal pleasure) without needed to have a battery of
> lawyers explain to you what you can, and what you can't do (because
> in that case, you usually don't take risks and assume that you can't
> do anything).
Funny how a serious and realistic question about GPL (and I do believe
mine was) results in a single sound piece of advice: consult your
lawyers...
> way) and "fier"-ness (if you release something under GPL you can't
> find oneday somebody else becoming a millinaire from the fruits your
> work).
M-x toggle-tongue-in-cheek-mode RET
ESR? He did contribute a lot, but the valuation of LNUX was not
based on fetchmail or "Cathedral"... Or was it?
M-x toggle-tongue-in-cheek-mode RET
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Oleg Goldshmidt | ogoldshmidt@NOSPAM.computer.org
"If it ain't broken, it has not got enough features yet."
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