Re: [LIP] Suggestion required
Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>
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On Monday 08 March 2004 09:27, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > I find this attitude saddening, to say the least. The fact that the OP > is looking for tools to write commercial software makes this list not > recommend GPL'ed tools? i think maybe there is a misunderstanding here - i have been having a rather heated dispute with some friends of mine who are using GPL'd stuff (specifically, mysql and qt) in commercial programs (non-GPL'd and, in one case, closed source) without paying for the license. Nothing wrong with paying for licenses (if they are worth it), but, given the current climate where most people are ignorant about the various types of opensource licenses - ppl think that if it is opensource it is free for all - i think it is incumbant on anyone recommending any tool to also mention the license in the event that it is a restricted license. -- regards kg -- http://www.ootygolfclub.org poor man's tally: http://avsap.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click