Fwd: Re: Economics and the GPL
Matt Seitz <[email protected]>
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--- "Deven T. Corzine" <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyway, reducing copyright duration is fair because it puts everyone on a > level playing field. One could place code directly in the public domain > and never bother with the GPL, but it's one-sided; proprietary companies > could take advantage too easily. No doubt that's why the GPL exists. To > suggest that the GPL be time-limited sort of defeats the purpose... > That's why I suggest that such a time limit be reciprocal, just as the *GPL limits are reciprocal today. Today the trade off is: a commercial company can use *GPL code in a derived work if they immediately give back the derived work. I suggest a trade-off that says: a commercial company can use x-year-old *GPL code in a derived work, if they will give back the derived work in x years. ===== Sincerely, Matt Seitz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com