grandkids strike again

Sean seanlkml at sympatico.ca
Fri Jun 16 18:11:13 UTC 2006


On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:56:40 -0700
Bob Taylor <brtaylor at sanfelipe.com.mx> wrote:

> Joanne has stated, quite clearly, the reasons she does not GPL her code.
> I agree with her completely. She is a programmer by profession. She has
> her own business. She must comply with her customers wishes as they are
> the ones paying her. I fail to see why this makes her "arrogant".

Joanne is well with in her rights to choose whatever license she wants.
I've sold a lot of proprietary code in my day as well.  That doesn't
mean that _all_ code should conform to that same economic model, there
is room for both to exist.

So while it is very reasonable for someone to explain why they don't
personally embrace the GPL, it's arrogant to extend that into thinking
that nobody should.
 
> Do you write code for a living? If not, please don't call people who do
> "arrogant" for not GPL their code.

Then by the same token, let us not sling arrows at people who decide to
release their code under the GPL.

Sean




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