Il 20/06/2014 14:48, Markus Fischer ha scritto: > I do not think this is Free Software -look here: > http://www.cobiansoft.com/forsale.htm
Hi, I wrote to Luis Cobian, the developer of Cobian Backup, a couple of years ago asking him to publish his software with a GPL License and take advantages from the use of a free license. Unfotunately this is the answer I got.... Ciao, Max -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: Re: Cobian Backup with GNU GPL Data: Mon, 7 May 2012 14:24:09 +0200 Mittente: Luis Cobian <******@cobiansoft.com> Organizzazione: CobianSoft A: Massimo Barbieri <[email protected]> Hello Massimo, There is an Open Source (MPL license) available (version 8) on Source Forge . Unfortunately the community did nothing for it and no actualizations of it saw the light of the day. Regards > Hi Luis! > > My name is Massimo Barbieri and I am an Italian fellow of the Free > Software Foundation Europe. I use your Cobian Backup at work, since a > lot of years, in all my clients and I would like to thank you very much > because Cobian Backup is absolutely great! > > I also would like to suggest you to change the license of Cobian Backup > in order to make it a Free Software[1]. You already give to your users > the possibility to use, to copy and to distribute the software, but not > the the possibility to modify the software. > > Giving to the users the opportunity to study and modify the source code > of your software you will benefit from the contributions of wide > community of developers and Cobian Backup will become even better. The > GNU General Public License[2] is written both to assure users freedom, > and to protect developers. > > Please, if you can, take it in consideration and don't hesitate to write > me if you have any question about Free Software, > > Ciao ad thanks again! > > Massimo > 1. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html > 2. http://gplv3.fsf.org/
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