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From: | Richard Fateman |
Subject: | [Axiom-developer] Re: GCL used commercially |
Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:37:24 -0700 |
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Richard Stallman wrote: <snip>
Here's the argument: It helps companies build non-free software on GCL which might not ever be produced otherwise. They are motivated by profit (e.g. food, clothing,We have to ask, does it matter to us what they did? Did their use of AKCL do anything for GCL or for the free software community? Did their enhancements yield any code that improved GCL, or that we had the option to use in GCL? I can't tell the answer for certain from the information I have, but I suspect that the answer is no. If that is so, I think there was no reason we should see value in the use of GCL by such companies. It doesn't do any good for our freedom, it only helps them make non-free software.
shelter, Tivo...) As a result, it helps provide us a choice between free and non-free software (I use both GIMP and Photoshop). I count this as increasing my freedom, though I understand your perspective. RJF
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