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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Writing plug-insRe: Writing plug-ins
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:36:33 +0000 >Have you considered the LGPL? I dont know the exact differences over the >GPL off the top of my head, except that it is lighter. I think it doesnt >include some of the loopholes you are talking about. LGPL may well be a wonderful thing - I don't know. The bigger question is: Why is free (as in 'no-strings-attached') bad? In what way does me acting as apostle for Gnu's belief system benefit me, or for that matter, anyone other than Gnu? If I write a bit of code which is useful (primarily and) mainly to users of a bit of software which is GPL - I apparently lose my rights to let people make money with my code. I spend vast proportions of my life doing things which make me happy - why shouldn't chremetists be allowed the same basic human right? It seems to me that GPL is not much short of a psuedo-political power struggle which persues the end of imposing upon 'the masses' the neccessity to conform to a single belief system - just like Jesus, Bush, Blair and many others before them. Of course, that is purely _my_ view on this one subject, and others must also be allowed the right to choose, unimpinged, any moral code they also wish to put their faith/belief in ...So long as it causes no harm to others - LOL ...cos that's what _I_ believe ;) That possibly got a off-topic toward the end, but as it was a full and honest answer to a reasonable question asked of me on the group, I hope it was also appropriate to reply here. BC PS. Just an after-thought: If *I* want to use (portions of) my code, which has been copy-left infected, in a commercial product... do I also lose the rights to what was originally my own "Intellectual Property"? _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-01-11 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |