[License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Libre Source License

Bruce Perens bruce at perens.com
Wed Aug 21 18:23:44 UTC 2019


On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:16 AM Howard Chu <hyc at openldap.org> wrote:

> I am offended by the notion that someone may benefit from code that I
> released for free, but
> would deny anyone else the benefit of improvements they make (privately or
> not) to my code.


Ignoring Howard's return umbrage, isn't this a valid point? Having put my
own labor into making something that I choose to share with the world, *under
my own terms, *how does it become your fundamental right to do what you
wish with it, in private?

    Thanks

    Bruce
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