Quoth Moshe Zadka: > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Ely Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > so you think going to a program which someone spend hours on [snips] > > lets copy it and make it GPL, and ofcourse it takes him a lot less time > > > > that is prefectly ok thing to do? > > Yes. The person who already coded it already commited the transgression [snips] > Next time, maybe he could choose a moral business model.
White-room is, mostly legal. However, I heartily disagree with the above statement. Activities such as the above will work once or twice, until they (the royal they) become sufficiently annoying and then someone will get sued. Not sued and lose, not sued and win, but simply sued. I.e. deterred by intimidation. And, alas, it will be also quite correct, simply because the tacticts you wave about, Moshe, are just that - tactics of intimidation. "Use GPL or ELSE" is quite similar to "Cease and Desists or ELSE"... As for morality - bollocks, old chap. Am I moral? Are you moral? Don't wave your morals in pubic (public, of course) - you'll be arrested for indecent exposure. Morals are relative, not absolute. In my book it is porper and moral to deflower chickens in the city square - should I be allowed? In your book, it is moral and proper to smoke a joint now and then - should you be allowed? I will answer neither of these questions. Basicly, GPL works only so far. And you know - I am willing to play along, but only up to a point. You touch my livelihood and WHAM - cease and desist shall land on your head ;-). Yes - certain aspects of technology should be free. What aspects is a good question and I suspect that cartel and monopoly laws should apply. But everything fair game? I do not agree, and - in any case - it is not relevant. Marc ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
