From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Licences
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:12:29 +0200
Date: 2005-10-16T12:12:29+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2848671.krLHF4MzJJ@linux1.krischik.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2vezybsg8.fsf@grendel.local
Simon Wright wrote:
> Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>> And actually: All the discussion has made me think and I consider to
>> change the licence of the SouceForge projects I am
>> administrating. Why should anyone take my work and make money with
>> it in a *closed* *source* project - That's freeloading.
> Most of the OSS software I have written has been done for the fun of
> it. I would have some trouble getting rewarded in cash (need to get
> employer's agreement), the fact that other _programmers_ find the
> stuff useful is enough. It's a gift culture.
True. And most of the time you make gifts for the fun of it as well - but:
How long will you make a birthday and Christmas gift to someone who never
gives you a gift back?
Bun then there is the Ada-Advocacy part as well to be considered - which is
probably the strongest argument for the GMGPL.
Martin
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-14 15:22 Licences Lucretia
2005-10-14 16:10 ` Licences Marc A. Criley
2005-10-15 9:39 ` Licences Steve Whalen
2005-10-15 9:54 ` Licences Martin Dowie
2005-10-15 10:22 ` Licences Brian May
2005-10-18 0:15 ` Licences Randy Brukardt
2005-10-18 6:25 ` Licences Martin Dowie
2005-10-15 10:18 ` Licences Brian May
2005-10-15 13:37 ` Licences Lucretia
2005-10-15 14:12 ` Licences Jeff Creem
2005-10-15 14:17 ` Licences Martin Dowie
2005-10-15 14:35 ` Licences Pascal Obry
2005-10-18 19:48 ` Licences Marco
2005-10-18 20:50 ` Licences Martin Dowie
2005-10-18 21:38 ` Licences Ludovic Brenta
2005-10-19 12:47 ` Licences Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-19 14:44 ` Licences Niklas Holsti
2005-10-18 21:45 ` Licences Björn Persson
2005-10-18 20:53 ` Licences Björn Persson
2005-10-15 13:34 ` Licences Lucretia
2005-10-14 16:59 ` Licences Ludovic Brenta
2005-10-14 19:12 ` Licences Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-10-15 13:35 ` Licences Lucretia
2005-10-15 6:47 ` Licences Martin Krischik
2005-10-15 10:10 ` Licences Szymon Guz
2005-10-15 14:23 ` Licences Jeff Creem
2005-10-15 17:28 ` Licences Simon Wright
2005-10-16 10:12 ` Martin Krischik [this message]
2005-10-16 10:41 ` Licences Michael Bode
2005-10-16 12:00 ` Licences Martin Krischik
2005-10-16 13:03 ` Licences Michael Bode
2005-10-16 13:13 ` Licences Ludovic Brenta
2005-10-25 20:10 ` Licences Samuel Tardieu
2005-10-25 22:29 ` Licences Ludovic Brenta
2005-10-16 20:02 ` Licences Pascal Obry
2005-10-17 15:46 ` Licences Martin Krischik
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