Re: [kmself@ix.netcom.com: Re: We are looking for an open source licensethat...]

2002-11-11 Thread Bruce Dodson
Just remember, if I can't sell your stuff, it ain't open source. extrapolate some of the "benefits" of the GPL. I have worked for companies that will not use free software for fear of tainting their development efforts and having their propietary code made free. [CFC] Yes, there are companies

Re: [kmself@ix.netcom.com: Re: We are looking for an open source licensethat...]

2002-11-11 Thread Chris F Clark
I wrote: >However, we do not wish to deprive open source developers the bounty of our >labor and have no qualms their using our tool to build open source programs >that they give away. [CFC] Bruce Dodson replies: > What you seem to be suggesting is what FSF calls "semi-free". > http://www.fsf.or

Re: [kmself@ix.netcom.com: Re: We are looking for an open source licensethat...]

2002-11-10 Thread Bruce Dodson
From: Chris F Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is more to discourage commercial users from using the open source version. [CFC] I don't know if you're going to see much support here for a license that "discourages" use of the open source version, by any particular group. We want to encourage the u