Re: WineX and the AFPL
Francois Gouget <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Deven T. Corzine wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Brett Glass wrote: > > > At 09:01 AM 6/4/2002, Deven T. Corzine wrote: > > > > >This is a good analogy. The *GPL licenses are like a commune where members > > >donate ALL their income to the common pool. Since everyone contributes all > > >they can, some call this "fair". Then again, someone with above-average > > >income might consider it "unfair" that they would have to shoulder more > > >than their share of the burden just because they earn more money. (This is > > >a bit like income taxes too, I guess...) > > > > It's actually far more unfair than this. Use ONE line of GPLed code, and > > you forfeit ALL of your income from your own work. Set foot in the commune, > > and you've forfeited everything you own. What's more, the commune will > > work to ensure that you can never make a living again. > > Cound that be why so many people seem to view GPL advocates as cult-like? Score: 5, Funny -- Francois Gouget [email protected] http://fgouget.free.fr/ Hiroshima '45 - Czernobyl '86 - Windows '95