There are ways to make source code available to end users while maintaining proprietary rights to software. Some companies hesitate to do this, however, because there are some who seem to feel that they are above the law and will steal the code for their own profit.
In an ideal world with no greed and no lawlessness, this would not be an issue. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 5:19 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL > If your comment is in regards to the work done under FOIA / Public > Domain, then I believe it's in Medsphere's rights to continue that work > in a non-OSS format and profit from it. No, its an issue of the GPL versus copyright licenses which prevent the user who is individually licensing rights from being a full partner with source code and the working tools. This has nothing to do with the public domain, which is virtually gone anyway. As for any particular companies right to continue work and copyright, and then release it restrictedly, its certainly a legal right. Its not a good thing, but you legally have that right. Ruben ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
