On 3/25/2016 5:04 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: > I am saying that a Free Software license would provide greater access to > public > works. I said nothing about denying access. Instead, I point out that when
You wrote: >> it's actually a giant corporate handout because companies will have greater >> access to publicly funded works that they can then incorporate into >> proprietary works. You assert that OSS means greater access than free (as in FSF) software. How is what you wrote *not* about denying or restricting access? > public works can be turned into proprietary works that THEN we the people > would > be denied free access. Hardly. A BSD license, for example, would ensure that everyone has equal access to the Govt's code whether it be for proprietary uses or otherwise. The GPL, on the other hand, would restrict use of public works to only non-proprietary uses. -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss