Title says it all: OR now using Gnu Open Source License
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Dave Nelson
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Not a clue what that means... Is that a good thing?Don't tell me the sky's the limit, when there's footsteps on the moon..
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It's a good thing. Just Google it.Parker B. - A Misplaced Midwesterner.
Also known as Mr. Two Bits and Mr. Squarewheels.Comment
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Good for the user, not necessarily for the developer. A GPL license doesn't bar one from redistributing code and charging for it which was initially freeware from the original author. The only requirement is they include the source code. This happened to the developer of a flight sim called Flight Gear. Others have been profiteering from their work.Comment
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That's the dark side of open source software efforts. Read Jaron Lanier's "Who Owns The Future?" As Lanier says:
"We've decided not to pay most people for performing the new roles that are valuable in relation to latest technologies. Ordinary people 'share', while elite network presences generate unprecedented fortunes."FTLDave
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." - Wernher von Braun
"A software suggestion is not a valid answer to a configuration/troubleshooting question." - TimelmerComment
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