2007/1/14, Sachin G Nambiar bomlug@snambiar.com:
If FOSS philosphy says explicitly that every software should be freely distributable, then it is infringing upon the fundamental right of the creator.
Nobody compels you to release it as Free Software, but don't insist you want to call it Free Software and still being able to restrict the user of the fundamantal Freedoms. Is anyone infringing upon Microsoft's moral rights because they release non-free software. We said we will show you how to make ethical software and demonstrated practically how to develop ethical software and it now powers a billion dolla industry. Just see how much money IBM, HP, and others make from Free Software
"HP claims it has started to make higher margins from open source than proprietary software in some instances, due to the support costs associated with migration." http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39284344,00.htm
If the creator wishes it to be distributed then it's fine. But he
should have his say.
He has, that's how the whole FOSS software works it is not Richard Stallman or Linus Torvals that decides the license for a FOSS Software, it is individual developers who decide and it is their code and they have chosen to allow Free distribution.
That being said, there are seperate licenses.. (GPL)
is just one of them. I can choose to modify a particular software and sell it under a different license.
No you cannot unless you right it yourself. or it is under BSD. If you are not ready to give your software to other how hippocrite of you to expect to be allowed to distribute a GPL software in any license you like!
Now iam all for freedom software,
As long as can leech code from others ...
but just because FOSS philosophy says
that freedom software should be distributable free of charge does not mean that it's right.
You don't have to accept it but don't say it is not right because you don't like it. Call your software something else. If you want to call your software FOSS then you have to follow the FOSS philosophy or you are free to call it something else.
It's a fundamental moral infringement upon the creators
right.
You don't understand a bit about anything.
You being able to use a distributable software is your privilege
not your right!
It is the right of the users to chose only softwares that allow them to redustribute.
Cheers Praveen