Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain this to you, a story about someone republishing Mark Pilgrim’s book and selling it on Amazon. Not directly about the GPL, but the principles are the same. ¶
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Julien | October 20th, 2009 @ 3:16 pm |
Indeed. Yet, I think Mark is kind of “exceptional” and most people wouldn’t react that way. The simple fact that he wrote about it proves that this raised interrogations from him.
I guess too many people assume that contributing is a “kern” : when you contribute to something, you expect people who use your work would contribute back, while it’s not, some licenses allow people to take without giving.
Jonathan Blackhall | October 20th, 2009 @ 4:28 pm |
Just read that too. Very good read!
Christopher | October 21st, 2009 @ 8:50 pm |
Try:
‘Willful Loss of Rights to Socialist Ideology’
That would be a more accurate title…