From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-16 04:50:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 07:50:21 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3F3E1A7D.7040402@noplace.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.40.9c Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 16 Aug 2003 11:50:24 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41572 Date: 2003-08-16T11:50:24+00:00 List-Id: Good point. Microsoft doesn't want you to give *their* software away and uses licenses to do that. They get called names and accused of "predatory" tactics, while you're still free to use their tools to develop your own things and keep the rights to your own work. But the FSF is determined not that you don't give away their work, but that you must give away *your*own* work, and that is somehow or other laudable? That isn't "predatory"? MDC Robert C. Leif wrote: > If one develops software that is specific for and based upon Linux, then one > is obliged to use a GNU license. The GNU license does not permit one to stop > others from giving away or selling one's work. This requirement is more > stringent than anything Microsoft requires of developers that use Microsoft > tools. Monopoly status is not limited to capitalists and tends to be > exploited wherever it exists. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================