Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:45:22 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: David McKee <david DOT mckee AT rtp DOT gtegsc DOT com>
cc: Leath Muller <leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>, Sam Speel <sam AT devin DOT org>,
        djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Req: DOS/DJGPP Quake Makefile
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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, David McKee wrote:

[...]
> Finally some sanity about this topic.  As much as I am a fan of free
> software and don't mind contributing myself, I still have very large
> disagreements with some of the philosophies of Dr. Stallman and the 
> FSF in general...ie: that there is no such thing as intellectual 
> property.  If I work 18 months on code or 18 months digging a ditch,
> I ought to get paid for it (if it's something that people want).  If
> I am willing to do the work for free, then thats fine, but it should
> be the choice of the person who did the work.
[...]

There is NOTHING in the GPL that says you can't make money off GPL'ed
software. Note that Cygnus, Red Hat, Caldera, and others are making a
comfortable living selling mostly-GPL software.

I respect your opinion, but I am a programmer myself (well, things may
change when I get out of school and get a job..) but I agree with RMS.
Have you heard/read his "infinite sandwich" parable? My personal stand is,
I've benefitted far more from free software (i.e. DJGPP, Linux, Khoros..)
than I can ever give back even if I write free software for the rest of my
life..

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Orlando Andico                               IRC Lab/EE Dept/UP Diliman
email: orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph          http://gibson.eee.upd.edu.ph