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gerald_clark:
CaptBill, I suggest you re-read the whole thread.
CaptBill:
--- Quote from: gerald_clark on February 08, 2012, 03:58:36 PM ---CaptBill, I suggest you re-read the whole thread.
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What you really mean to say is 'read between the lines' concerning what is to be considered 'lawful use'...
Seems a 'yes' or 'no' would be nice concerning legal matters before investing time and energy, reading, re-reading and reading again. Could have swore I read 'free to use'.
I certainly won't fault anyone because I 'see' the political hot potato ,'TinyCore' ,for what it is. How am I to judge what I don't know?
So all I will do is express my exasperation with the whole online legality quandary that abounds. No different than Windows, really. Actually, Windows seems the lesser offender because it is not 'sold' as free when it's not really 'free', like Gpl seems to be.
I spent a couple hours this morning trying to figure out how to be sure my Windows wasn't trying me a 'pirate', and now I can't figure out if Gpl is doing the same or could potentially.
Rather fair question that I know is hard to answer so I leave it there
Thank you all
gerald_clark:
Free to use means you can "use" it.
Distributing is not "using" and has specific requirements per the GPL.
CaptBill:
--- Quote from: gerald_clark on February 08, 2012, 05:22:21 PM ---Free to use means you can "use" it.
Distributing is not "using" and has specific requirements per the GPL.
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So you are the 'Dealers' and we are just 'users'.
Thanks for clarifying that.
At least you came right out and said it.
I respect that.
vinnie:
One way to clarify is to read the license terms, CaptBill, you know the terms of the GPL?
Redistribuition is not denied, but is permitted only in accordance with respecting some requirements.
Frankly I think the GPL is a good licenze because it protects intellectual property (or call it paternity) of a work without denying the intellectual property (or call it chance to learn) of others.
It is a restrictive license, but because it is protecting the interests of the community
Other licenses such as the bsd do not.
This bsd like licenses are very intellectually honest (or philosophically higher if you want), but look at what makes the apple to take advantage of it ...
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