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re: re: freedom
- From: Juan Jose Gomez Cadenas <gomez at ific dot uv dot es>
- To: <jobb at athene dot stat dot uni-muenchen dot de>
- Cc: <gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:06:36 +0200 (MET DST)
- Subject: re: re: freedom
- References: <200304021148.h32Bmju22967@helena.stat.uni-muenchen.de>
Friends,
To some extent, I believe the intervention of Mr. Jobb has been
elucidating. We have been able to read many lucid arguments responding to
his unsolicited contribution.
At this stage, I believe it is probably unnecessary to divert more energy
into an argument that has exhausted it's rational component. We have read a
number of inteligent answers to a rather rude provocation. So, as our
friend suggests, let's have peace and return to business.
Solidarity is a simple but not easy to assimilate concept.
Best,
Juan
>>I am puzzled here. Why do you need a free library to develop a
>>comercial software? People of GSL (and other GNU projects) simply say
>>"we give you this software for free provided anything you make with it
>>must be also free". Seems like a fair deal to me.
>
> hey you copyleft-communist,
> don't you think it is a too simple and stupid view to believe that all
> software is equal? one must clearly distinguish between software whose
> development has been financed from public or other peoples money and
> software that somebody writes on his own risk without being paid. as
> far as i can see do most people contributig to a numerical library
> like the gsl work in universities or some kind of governmental
> institution, and all governmental institutions that i know including
> the universities are explicitly supporting the commercial use of their
> scientific results. people working there do simply do not have the
> right to prohibit the commercial use of their work by putting it under
> the gpl, because commercial use is in the public interest.
> unfortunately, people deciding about fundings are not generally aware
> of this and someone should tell them.
>
>>As a small contributor to the GSL, I'm very happy that you cannot link
>>it into your own proprietary software. I don't want to share with
>>people that do not share. You write a lot about freedom.
>>Please respect our freedom as GSL developers to not share with
>>free riders and please stop complaining about our choice. We do not
>>bother you with your choice to develop proprietary software.
>
> oh - you don't want to hear about other people's opinion? what kind of
> discussion is this? as i said above, inserting a gnu-copyleft-notice
> into originally free software is not enough of a contribution to give
> one the right to decide about who can use it and who not.
>
> - gangolf