On 18.04.2012 18:01, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: >> --------------- >> I had only one major correction for him - he used the phrase >> 'Copyrighted Software' to describe 'Proprietary Software'. I felt he >> should've stuck to Proprietary itself; > > I agree that, in the 2nd part I have used the term Copyright software > few times to mean the proprietary software. > > The below quote from www.gnu.org would justify why I have used the > term copyright software for proprietary software. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/ > > "Proprietary software developers use copyright to take away the > users' > freedom; we use copyright to guarantee their freedom. That's why we > reverse the name, changing “copyright” into “copyleft.” >
I am afraid that is a wrong interpretation. Its only because free software (GPL+) by virtue of claiming copyright only (calling it copyleft), is able to say that the receiver should also act in similar a way. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
