Do you think that GPL code means no money? -- Ori Idan
On 5/19/07, Oren Held <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I wonder how many software programmers in Israel provide their children from GPL code revenues. Ori Idan wrote: I did not say anything against Amos. I think he is doing the right thing. What I say is that I don't like the whole idea of propriatry software and that people try to find ways they can use GPL with propriatry software. I think the whole purpose of the GPL is to eliminate propriatry software and that is what we all should aim to. -- Ori Idan On 5/18/07, Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Ori Idan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The whole purpose of the GPL is to keep software freedom. I hate > > all those who try to bypass the GPL and find a way to write > > propriatry software and bypass the GPL. > > > I usually avoid working with such companies. > > Ori, > > This is your prerogative. I would like to point out that Amos is > clearly not trying to bypass GPL and is in fact acting responsibly > trying to resolve the issue as soon as it was discovered. They are > trying to maintain what they perceive as commercial advantage by > perfectly legal means, as far as I can judge. > > If you are a current client of his company, and if you got their > proprietary software that links to libipq, I suppose you can demand > that they release their code to you under a GPL-compatible license > (Shlomi is right), sue for it, etc. If you are a shareholder, then you > may have an issue with the company not exercising due diligence and > catching the problem earlier. > > Amos, > > I personally appreciate that you (and I hope the decision-makers in > your company) are feeling uncomfortable. I don't think you should feel > like criminals because you want to keep your code legally > proprietary. I think you have asked the right question and that should > not make you feel uncomfortable. You real problem is lack of due > diligence in the past. (Well, if a customer sues you to release the > code then it will be a real problem, too.) > > I think you need to a) fix the problem as quickly as possible, and b) > apply due diligence in the future. > > -- > Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.goldshmidt.org > > ================================================================= > 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] > >
