Jeff Garzik wrote:
Jonathan A. George wrote:
... But is it _ethical_ (as opposed to legal) to violate the expressed
intent of the original author ...
The author expresses his intent primarily by choice of license text, and
it's very important to all of us that we follow the rules set forth by
the author in that license text.
I have released software on more on one occasion where I have given a
very liberal license (like MIT), and then put a "however, if you like
this, X would be appreciated." I wouldn't consider it unethical if
someone didn't obey the optional request (it's optional for a reason),
however, it does mean that I do genuinely appreciate someone doing X.
So there is a difference between what is legal and ethical, and what is
the nice/friendly thing to do.
-hpa
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