On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 at 03:11, Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I will > say that some people in open source communities may not realize how > common it is for people outside of the open source realm to be very > hesitant about using open source software. I have encountered this > attitude a lot from various lawyers and business people with the primary > reason being financial risk & responsibility. If an open source software > is responsible for an error that results in damages, many decision > makers want to be able to hold someone financially responsible for that > mistake and recoup their losses. It's interesting you say that. Many years ago I wrote some finite difference code https://atlc.sourceforge.net/ Once a publisher asked me if they could include a copy of the code on a CD with a book they were going to publish on modelling of electromagnetic systems. My reply was "sure, it's released under the GPL, just use it". But that did not satisfy them. *They wanted it confirmed in writing that they could use the code.* I could hardly be bothered to send a letter to them, but agreed with them that I would write a letter if they would send me a copy of the book when it was published. They agreed to that, so I confirmed in writing that they could include this GPL code with the book. It struck me as very weird, but at least I got a decent hardback textbook out of it. 👍 Dave _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
