RE: WineX and the AFPL

Steal one item out of my house and go to jail. So what? Tough...

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brett Glass
Sent: 04 June 2002 18:02
To: Deven T. Corzine; Roger Fujii
Cc: Dmitry Timoshkov; [email protected]
Subject: Re: WineX and the AFPL


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.

--Brett