Re: and visual library once again

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <dja6ia$2vtd$1@node1.news.atman.pl>, Szymon Guz <alpha@skynet.org.pl_WITHOUT> writes:

>>>But it is important to remind anyone asking such a question that they
>>>can sell the program ONLY if they give a copy of the source code to the=
> 
>>>customer they sell it to (including the right of that customer to give
>>>the source and binary to anyone else they want per the GPL).  That's a
>>>pretty big difference for most people who "sell their programs". It can=
> 
>>>lead to the immediate termination of your ability to sell any other
>>>copies of the program to anyone else in many markets.
>>=20
>>=20
>> It is not a problem for anyone who actually sells their software.
>>=20
>> It is a problem for those who follow the customary practice of
>> Microsoft, Symantec, Computer Associates and actually _license_
>> their software rather than selling it.
> 
> do you mean that this is a bad practice ?

I mean the (presumed) practice of denizens of comp.lang.ada saying
"sell my software" when they really mean "license my software" is
certainly bad.

But I suppose this meta-interchange is good, proving once again that
English is not a strongly typed language.  The Truth will set you Free.