Re: Vincent, please read. (was Re: Why some ...+ FASTER PARSING than 2.4 !)
C Bouzy wrote:
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> Alexander,
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> If you ask anyone who advocates "true" open source, they will tell you if a
> developer charges for access to the code, or puts unreasonable restrictions
> on how the source code is being used, it is not considered open source. Once
> again, a developer should not "EXPECT" TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE SOURCE CODE
> if it is released as open source.
>
> You have made a lot of points about GPL and licenses in general, but I want
> to inform you that the GPL and putting restrictions on open source code
> is a waste of time. If a coder uses part of source code that has a GPL
> attached to it, and did not follow the terms of the GPL, that coder is
> completely free from any legal ramifications. I can show you a few cases
> where developers tried to take legal action against companies who they
> claimed used their source code that was NOT open source, and those
> developers lost. Source code is almost impossible to protect, and if a
> coder changes the protected code just enough, it is no longer considered
> the same code.
First, "claims" mean very little. If they can prove that the company stole a
substantial amount of their code than they can, and should, take legal action and
such cases have been upheld in court. These cases also include some involving the
GPL. There have been cases in which the court has ruled that a product be either
disontinued or open sourced because it used GPL code.
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