>I absolutely disagree here. The model has already been found sound in the open
>source community. It would work without the money. It would just be a
>grass roots
>type of movement as opposed to whatever it is now. (Sorry, not sure what the
>opposite of grassroots movement is. :-)
Spurious logic. It is not the same model. The OGL far more resembles
the previous BSD license incarnation than it ever has open source. And
you've seen the gangbusters that the Free BSDs have done. ( Don't
evangalize the successes, I know them, it's my particular flavour of UNIX
zealotry )
Free, source distributed, software has existed for years before the Gnu
folks popped up. Before the FSF. It was just there to use. In case you
needed it.
Am I no obligated to distribute my next app as open source simply
because I have Apache installed? No. Part if the open source spirit,
inherited from previous generations, the part you seem to be missing is
"this is here for folks to use." Yes, it was often said "for non-commercial
purposes" As often as not. The OGL does not.
Is it morally corrupt to use OGL material without contributing? If
complying with the license - no. Hell. I may never have anything worth
donating. If someone has a perfect psionics system for my product, why
reinvent the wheel. There are many, many, perfectly valid reasons why not
everyone will give back.
Is that what you really believe? You think that only a person with a
company can
>do "justice" to the open gaming community?
In some categories? yes. But not all. There are some things that will
grow the community that only commercial interests can do.
Is your only intention to take what I have done and sell it? Without any
>exchange, no contribution at all? Am I nothing to you but a person you can
>exploit?
Actually, I'd make great effort to not use your material.
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