Re: Fw: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning

["Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonathan () nuclearelephant com>]

> The copanies aren't the thing.  The people are the thing.  This isn't
> corporate america, it is open source.

Exactly why I think the GPL needs to address issues like this.  I've no
problem with a commercial entity using my code, or even incorporating it
into their own software...but if you're going to make a profit off of
merely redistributing someone else's work, or if your product is
basically someone else's work with a little wrapper around it, the
author should benefit.  Bottom line, open source licensing is designed
to protect the author and benefit the community - and the GPL isn't
doing a very good job at that now that redistribution is commercialized.

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