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re: re: freedom


>I am puzzled here. Why do you need a free library to develop a 
>comercial software? People of GSL (and other GNU projects) simply say 
>"we give you this software for free provided anything you make with it 
>must be also free". Seems like a fair deal to me. 

hey you copyleft-communist,
don't you think it is a too simple and stupid view to believe that all 
software is equal? one must clearly distinguish between software whose 
development has been financed from public or other peoples money and 
software that somebody writes on his own risk without being paid. 
as far as i can see do most people contributig to a numerical library 
like the gsl work in universities or some kind of governmental
institution, and all governmental institutions that i know including the 
universities are explicitly supporting the commercial use of their 
scientific results. people working there do simply do not have the right 
to prohibit the commercial use of their work by putting it under the gpl, 
because commercial use is in the public interest. unfortunately, people 
deciding about fundings are not generally aware of this and someone should 
tell them. 

>As a small contributor to the GSL, I'm very happy that you cannot 
>link it into your own proprietary software. I don't want to share 
>with people that do not share. You write a lot about freedom. 
>Please respect our freedom as GSL developers to not share with 
>free riders and please stop complaining about our choice. We do not 
>bother you with your choice to develop proprietary software.

oh - you don't want to hear about other people's opinion? what kind of 
discussion is this? as i said above, inserting a gnu-copyleft-notice 
into originally free software is not enough of a contribution to give one 
the right to decide about who can use it and who not.

- gangolf



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