Re: GNAT GPL Edition Maintenance and Upgrades

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com> writes:

> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>> [1] Quite to the contrary; the more I hear the "selfish argument",
>> the more I feel inclined to package GNAT GPL Edition, just to teach
>> selfish people that if they refuse to give, then they cannot take,
>> as Georg Bauhaus said so nicely.
>
> Much of what I release publicly is under the GMGPL. This gives the
> recipient greater freedom than the GPL. They can take parts of my
> application and include it in their work, and release it under any
> license they choose. But I guess I'm just selfish and deserve what I
> get.

I'm sorry if I offended you in any way.  Of course you are not
selfish; you are being super-unselfish, by allowing people to take
your work while at the same time keeping their own work secret.  The
"selfish argument" was raised here by people who would like to do that
with the GNAT library.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.