In message <ca0d6fd3-4883-4a82-bbea-a33c283c4...@d12g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>, Patrick Maupin wrote:
> On May 14, 9:21 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek- > central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >> In message <mailman.180.1273860694.32709.python-l...@python.org>, Ed >> Keith wrote: >> >>> I just refuse to use [the GPL] in any code for a client, because I >>> do not want to require someone who does not know source code from Morse >>> code code to figure out what they need to do to avoid violating the >>> license. >> >> Why don’t you just put the source code on the same disc you send them, >> and tell them to pass copies of the entire disc to anyone they want? > > What you would really have to tell them is "don't pass along the > program *unless* you copy the whole disk." That's no longer a > courtesy -- that's a mandate. By not using the GPL, Ed avoids having > to mandate to his customer how to treat the software he has delivered > to them. But that’s what “copyright” means, it means “right to copy”. It’s his right to impose terms on how copies of stuff he created are treated. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
