On Tue, 06 November 2001, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 02:42:24PM -0800, email@greglondon.com wrote:
> the principles of open source carry the need 
> for share of knowledge, which is something that 
> is lost if your code is "taken" away.

your quotes are quite appropriate there,
since nothing of yours was taken away.

No one takes anything from you by using your code.


> > Proprietary code is not a hindrance to 
> > open-source. And if proprietary code uses
> > some open-source code, that adds to the total
> > number of poeple using the open-soruce code.
> 
> Too true, however, it is not shared back, 
> the work based on what I shared with.
> That is unfair.

how do you define fair?
all the work you put into your code is yours
to give away as you see fit. If the proprietary
group modifies your code and distributes it, 
they must send you the modifications.

all the work they put into THEIR code is theirs
to give away or sell as they see fit.
there is nothing unfair going on here.

Your definition of "unfair" and "taking away"
do not hold water anywhere outside the world
of open-source.

Greg


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