On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 17:15 -0400, Sean wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:03:36 -0500 > Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > No one is questioning its availability. Why don't you > > address the point that it restricts others ability > > to share their work? > > Huh? You can share _your_ work all you want. You can't share > _other people's_ work unless you abide by _their_ license. See? > > If you create something from scratch, do as you wish. If your > work only exists because it can leverage the work of other GPL > authors, then how dare you demand the right to do whatever you want > without respecting the wishes of the original authors. > Because if you get software under a GPL license from someone you both have the same rights relative to the software. Therefore you do not have to respect the wishes of the original author. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
