Re: Undoubtedly dumb question...

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:58:41 +0200 (MEST)
> Fritz Zaucker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tia
> >
> > it's not very nice to hide your source ... others might want to profit from
> > it too ...
>
> I do the same, but in a different way. I just don't transfer *.wml files
> to the server. I don't see anything "not very nice" in this behavior.

> The intend of the GPL is to "protect" the source of the program/tool,
> but not the output (see e.g. gcc). I don't do webdesign for a living,
> but if I would do it for a living, I wouldn't use tools which force me
> to (wml doesn't force to) reveal any intermediate results.

I understand that. I still don't consider it very nice ... which does not
necessarily imply that I find it "un-nice" ...

Cheers,
Fritz

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