[UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2

[Crow Leader]

The GNU license is pretty restrictive and virus-like in nature. Unless you
read it front to back, don't even try to argue this.

A great example is a GNU program I added a bit of funtionality to. Then I
read the license that would have to apply to my changes and after realizing
that I did not have the option of changing any of it, decided not to share
any of it.

Nothing was stifled there or anything because of a parasitic must apply to
all new changes or revisions to software agreement. The "open season" BSD
style license is the only reasonable one I've seen for "free" software.

KEN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike McCune" <mmccune@attbi.com>
To: "Crow Leader" <kkanno@users.symmetric.net>
Cc: <ufo@ufo.chicago.il.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2


OK, I'll bite on a troll. The owner of the software has a right to release
it
under any license he chooses and the users can choose the software they use.
All other things being equal, why would a user choose software with heavy
restrictions (proprietary) when there is plenty of less restrictive software
(free) available?

On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 10:55:09AM -0600, Crow Leader wrote:
> so, I guess that software is no good until it's GNU virus-ified.
>
> KEN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike McCune" <mmccune@attbi.com>
> To: "Crow Leader" <kkanno@users.symmetric.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 1:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2
>
>
> That's funny. I used to work for a company that made embedded controllers
> for
> cars and most of the software was written by the manufacturers. When they
> outsourced the software, they always made sure to get the source code so
> they
> could modify it, if needed.
>
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:19:02AM -0600, Crow Leader wrote:
> > You better walk there. I hear there are no opensource engine computer
> > programs for buses and cars. That make them bad and evil.
> >
> > KEN
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike McCune" <mmccune@attbi.com>
> > To: <ufo@ufo.chicago.il.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:24 PM
> > Subject: [UFO Chicago] WCLUG on Thursday, January 2
> >
> >
> > Start of the new year right by freeing yourself from proprietary
software.
> >
> > WCLUG is at the usual time and place: first Thursday 7pm at Latizia's
> > bakery.
> >
> > Thursday, January 2 at 7pm at Latizia's Bakery, 2144 W. Division St., on
> > Division between Daemon and Western.
> >
> > Bring your 802.11 cards! Free wireless access during the meeting
provided
> by
> > FaceFive.
> >
> >
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