Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/03/21/02:59:33
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, David McKee wrote:
[...]
> Finally some sanity about this topic. As much as I am a fan of free
> software and don't mind contributing myself, I still have very large
> disagreements with some of the philosophies of Dr. Stallman and the
> FSF in general...ie: that there is no such thing as intellectual
> property. If I work 18 months on code or 18 months digging a ditch,
> I ought to get paid for it (if it's something that people want). If
> I am willing to do the work for free, then thats fine, but it should
> be the choice of the person who did the work.
[...]
There is NOTHING in the GPL that says you can't make money off GPL'ed
software. Note that Cygnus, Red Hat, Caldera, and others are making a
comfortable living selling mostly-GPL software.
I respect your opinion, but I am a programmer myself (well, things may
change when I get out of school and get a job..) but I agree with RMS.
Have you heard/read his "infinite sandwich" parable? My personal stand is,
I've benefitted far more from free software (i.e. DJGPP, Linux, Khoros..)
than I can ever give back even if I write free software for the rest of my
life..
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