Re: Discussion - non-free software removal
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 at 07:46:36PM +0000, Steven Fuerst wrote:
> > > > I appreciate the work of people like you to get code re-licensed under
> > > > a more favorable license such as the GPL. That way, it becomes easier
> > > > for others to contribute to our codebase -- and in this case, it would
> > > > allow businesses to do that.
> > >
> > > Um, no. A business can provide a patch to one of the affected games.
> > > They just can't sell it.
> >
> > Or even distribute the result at all.
>
> Why? As long as they aren't getting a profit from it...
For that matter they CAN sell it under GPL (if I recall correctly).
They just can't prevent anyone else from selling or distributing it
either....
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