Redhat situation2

[Charles Crawford]

Hey Frank,

         Well said.  Sure everyone has to make money, but the power of 
computing must be available to all.

-- Charlie.
At 10:59 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Gena
>
>On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Georgina wrote:
> > Please Note:
> > My words are free but they're not for resale!  See the New General Public
> > Licence:
>
>If you read the gpl you will see that people can sell products that are
>licensed under it.  What is required is that your name be kept intact as
>the original author, it's republished under the gpl, and the source is
>available.  I am not certain if it is required for them to publish what
>they've changed about it but that seems like it would be important.  It
>also seems that you can branch off and make your own code tree but if you
>don't branch then you are required to submit your changes back to the
>author.  Someone who knows more about this then me should comment here.
>One thing I know is that the gpl has provided us with the tools that most
>of us around here love and would never live with out.  The gpl gives us
>the right of ownership of a peace of software.  I don't know of any other
>license that does this.  Most grant the right to use.  It's unfortunate
>that most people don't care to have the 4 freedoms that freesoftware
>grants us.  I don't care about open source.  You can take your open source
>and stick it where the sun don't shine.  I don't want the bloody source.
>I want the right to do good things for all people with that source.  This
>is what the gpl does for freesoftware.
>
>--
>      Frank Carmickle
>phone:     412 761-9568
>email:     frankiec at dryrose.com
>
>
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