At 10:06 AM -0700 2006-08-31, John W. Baxter quoted "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> We're not a commercial environment, and we've actually had pretty bad >> experiences with people/companies that are in commercial environments >> taking our software and making unapproved modifications to it, or >> providing the software to their customers but *not* providing >> adequate support to those customers. > > "unapproved" may be a bit strong. Perhaps "un-vetted" would be closer? Actually, I think either "unapproved" or "unauthorized" are the most appropriate terms. After all, the code is released under the GPL, and anyone who is making modifications to that code and then making their modified version available to their customers (or otherwise benefiting from those modifications) are supposed to contribute the source to their changes back to the community. But CPanel has not done this, neither has Plesk, nor Apple. Now, in a way, Apple gives back to the project more than they probably realize, but that's not the same thing. So, while we don't make that big a deal of this issue, I think I'm actually being reasonably lenient on these companies. >> I just recently wrote a FAQ entry on this subject -- see FAQ 1.32. > > Quite nicely done! Thanks! -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 Founding Individual Sponsor of LOPSA. See <http://www.lopsa.org/>. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp