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-Thread: 103376,a875d9649dde34e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer2.se.telia.net!se.telia.net!masternews.telia.net.!newsc.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Persson?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031114 X-Accept-Language: sv, sv-se, sv-fi, en-gb, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Licenses and physical things References: <2004100609152216807%david@bottoncom> <1097075228.200924@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:53:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.209.116.179 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com X-Trace: newsc.telia.net 1097085228 217.209.116.179 (Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:53:48 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:53:48 CEST Organization: Telia Internet Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4817 Date: 2004-10-06T17:53:48+00:00 List-Id: Marius Amado Alves wrote: > The problem is that open source licenses=20 > treat the software like a physical thing. Proprietary licenses do that. Open source licenses encourage you to give = copies to your friends. When was the last time you copied a lightbulb? --=20 Bj=F6rn Persson PGP key A88682FD omb jor ers @sv ge. r o.b n.p son eri nu