Re: [OS:N:] Another question about Licenses

> Open source and free software are fundamentally contrary to vendor
> lock-in, which is what your control is all about.  Sure, having access
> to the source code is nice, but it's only part of it.  Without the
> other freedoms, it's sort of like serving jail time but being allowed
> to go out visit your family on say Tuesday evenings :-)

I can see your point. I suppose my biggest concern is that of the problems
that might arise from our customers buying the software from us, having it
modified by someone else, then expecting us to support those modifications.
Additionally, I've recently seen a niche company offer it's code as open
source under the GPL and then got sued because "their software" broke the
clients computer. What had actually happened was that the "client" had
gotten the software - which had been substantially modified by a 16 year old
self-proclaimed guru - from another site for free. When things went wrong,
they blamed the company  because when they did a search for the product name
only the companies name came up. I, obviously want to avoid this.

Anthony


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