Re: [LIP] Suggestion required

--- Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. 

 I agree with keneth, if you are building a closed
source product you need to pay for dual licenesed
product. There is this misconception in IT
profesionals that open source products can be used for
free. We had this discussion in Linux Asia 2004, and
the roots for this behaviour goes to wrong translation
of Floss/open source in hindi. Floss is promoted as
"muft", which means given for free without charging
anything. Whereas Floss principle means "mukt" i.e
without any control. You are doing good work Keneth by
arguing with those who don't pay for licence for using
dual licenced products in closed source.
 Any ways the project for which i asked for suggestion
is going to be GPL'ed but my client is going to pay me
for coding it.

regards
vivek


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