[PD] Re: [PD-dev] SourceForge "Donations"

[Nuno Ferreira]

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Well, guess what? IANAL but reading the PD licence
(http://www.pure-data.org/about/pdlicense - see bellow for relevant
part) one definitly gets the idea that you close the source downstream.

"...Modifications to this software may be copyrighted by their authors
and need not follow the licensing terms described here, provided that
the new terms are clearly indicated on the first page of each file where
they apply.
..."

GPL is IMHO the only way to go, but I guess you can however do what you
want to do.

Note however that even GPL doesn't _forbid_ you from selling your work
it only prevents you from keeping the source secret from *your clients*


marius schebella wrote:
|>From: "Hans-Christoph Steiner"
|>So you would take Pd and all of the contributions of so many people
|>without paying, then feel justified in charging someone else for your
|>additions to Pd?  The best way to 'pay' for Pd is contribute some of
|>your own labor to it.
|
|
| That is, how I read the BSD licence. If you program for fun and honor and
| are not obtainig/taking any money, then why complain later, that someone
| else is presuming upon your good nature...?
|
| There is this contradiction, on the one hand people programming good
stuff,
| heroes of our times, giving their work away for free (...) and on the
other
| hand people, who also would like to support this great software
product, but
| cannot effort working for no money. The world is not a big communisitc
| kibbuz, but rather an (american) slave market.
|
| Of course I like the idea of free software, but there should be a modus to
| pay people for their job. My first thought is to make Pd cost some
bucks. My
| second thought is a general pot for opensource software. Pd and all the
| extensions have a worth, and to ignore that is stupid in my opinion.
|
| Hmm, wait, ... biggest plus of Pd is its open source structure, I
agree with
| that. Everybody has the possibility to expand the software for his own
| purposes. And I see the point, that if you put work into it, then why
should
| you pay anything...
|
| f..., what a conclusion...
|
| Marius.
|
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