tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427379.post112177774313768690..comments2023-05-30T15:20:21.068+02:00Comments on The Core Dump of Thought: GnuPG and PKCS#11 and GNU extremismzvrbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806965334872601252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427379.post-1122015936374688412005-07-22T09:05:00.000+02:002005-07-22T09:05:00.000+02:00So, one has moral right to use 100 lines of commer...So, one has moral right to use 100 lines of commercial code in GPL product without paying it?<BR/><BR/>I don't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427379.post-1121816842053792772005-07-20T01:47:00.000+02:002005-07-20T01:47:00.000+02:00I agree with the post. I believe that GPL is too c...I agree with the post. I believe that GPL is too concerned with "freeing" the user at the expense of the developer, that it forgets that in open source world, every user is potentialy a developer (of derivative work of the original software). So, while freeing the user to use the software as he sees fit, it doesn't allow the same user to modify it and use the derivative work freely.<BR/><BR/>The other issue here is commercial misuse - first, what is misuse? For example, if a company uses a few (say, 100) lines of GPLed code in a 10000+ project, morally I don't see that as a misuse - but the GPL (and its interpretation under most laws) clearly state that it is.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, to effectively use GPL to protect its code, the developer must go to the court, and most projects' authors don't have the time and money to do that - so the GPL provides no protection to them. It just limits their potential user base (in comparison to more liberal licenses such as BSD).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427379.post-1121790317018799452005-07-19T18:25:00.000+02:002005-07-19T18:25:00.000+02:00Well... if Mr. Koch has some problems, why attack ...Well... if Mr. Koch has some problems, why attack the whole? (GNU project & GPL) - I, personally, think that GPL is a better free software license than BSDL, because it doesn't let commercial software makers misuse the code. But, of course, it's just me. And no, it really doesn't have any relation to my very positive opinion regarding Mr. Stallman - I consider that a totally separate issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com