On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:15:25 -0400 sda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Grabed a keyboard and said:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 01:47:40PM -0700, KevinO wrote: > > sda wrote: > > > RS has no problem with this at all, free > > >as in speech, not necessarily free as in beer. The heart of > > >GNU/Linux is still free as in beer, however the ease of use > > >necessarily isn't or shouldn't be IMHO. > > > > > But RMS's license states that once I buy, download, whatever > > some GPL'd code, I am now > > free to give away this software however I please. Mandrake > > could run people off of their ftp servers if they wish, but > > they can't keep the latest versions out of the hands of the > > non-payers, unless they start writing code from scratch. This > > code would have to be totally non-derived from anything GPL'd > > and this would allow an alternative license. This of course > > would be seen as most unfriendly.... > > Unfriendly to whom? The people who have bought it previously or > the ones that haven't? > > I don't think anybody is worried about people giving it away > sans the Mandrake specific tools [if they were copyrighted - > unfortunately they aren't now]. FWIU GPL allows this, doesn't > it? > > > The situation is a little more complicated than this, but this > > is it in a nutshell. > > Well, personally I think Mandrake should make their > configuration tools proprietary, otherwise what is their > business model? Is surely isn't the corporate market and I'm > not convinced that Compaq belives strongly in Mandrake. > > Remember, at the end of the day, MandrakeSoft is a public *for > profit* company. Now as to whether they should be is another > topic and rather moot at this point in time. > What tools does GM have that are proprietory? Yes they have design patents. So Ford just does the same thing with their own design. What kind of Business model is that? A Very successful one. > > -- > -^- -^- > <?> <?> Steve > ^ > ___ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ' ` > > >
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