[CS-FSLUG] GNU believers

[Aaron Patrick Lehmann]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 07:53:59PM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:11:04 -0500
> Aaron Patrick Lehmann <lehmanap at cs.purdue.edu> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 04:38:24PM -0500, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Aug 29, 2004, at 3:07 PM, Aaron Patrick Lehmann wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Hmmm.  I'm a Christian who uses (and will program, eventuall) OSS,
> > > >but I've got
> > > >me a strong dislike of RMS and his viral GPL liscence.  Do we have
> > > >a cool
> > > 
> > > 
> > > /me puts on flameproof suit.
> > > 
> > > <flamebait>The license isn't viral. It only asks you do unto others 
> > > what you have them doing unto you. Use the code, release the code. 
> > > :-)</flamebait>
> > 
> > Thus is my point.  I have no trouble with someone taking my code and
> > making a derivative closed-source version.  I fail to see the
> > "freedom" in a liscense that takes away choices from developers.
> > 
> > This is why I will not realease under GPL, if I can possibly avoid it,
> > and will not recommend anyone else do so either.
> > 
> > Aaron Lehmann
> > -- 
> > Sometimes you stay the course;
> > Sometimes the course stays you.
> > 
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> 
> Aaron -- if you so dislike the GPL and I assume you are a man of
> principles, why do you use GPL'd software? You would appear to be
> somewhat of a hypocrite -- no?

Not at all.  I have no trouble USING GPL'ed software, because to my
understanding, there's nothing in the GNU Public Liscense that demands me
release my products under the GPL, just because I use products that are GPL'ed.
So long as I don't make a product that is derivative of a GPL'ed product, I'm
not obligated to release under the GPL.  It is the obligation upon developers
to GPL their derivative work that I object to, nothing else.

Aaron Lehmann

-- 
Sometimes you stay the course;
Sometimes the course stays you.