JEDIDIAH <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On 2008-01-29, Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Daemonising your own customer base has to be one of the most short-sighted
>>> moves ever.
>>
>> Good. Now explain GPL3 then
>
> End users are the customer, not robber baron wannabes.
>
>
> This came out in a recent discusion on a Solaris dominated list.
> Someone was upset that she couldn't take someone elses code, make
> some minor tweaks and then act as if it was her own personal
> private property.
This was Bill Gates' issue about the GPL, too.
>
> Then she had the gaul to whine at the rest of us for excusing
> or tolerating piracy and whatnot.
>
>
> The GPL in all of its various form is only a problem for those
> that do not wish to share in the manner that they have been allowed
> to share: IOW self-centered jerks.
>
Which was essentially my point about the Tivoisation thing, as it
effectively reduces GPL to BSD licence terms, which is absolutely not
the intention of the GPL, and remains an exploitative move based on a
loophole in the licence, not an honest attempt to abide by its terms and
intention.
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