Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 2129 from 2003/3/1
From: Los Angeles
yipes!
Ok, I'd never thought I see the day when Morph guys are arguing about open source and GPL and LGPL license schemes! (Well after the ambient fiasco) so funny a closed source OS with a huge debate on sources!
Anway, this issue is very complex:
1. What has to be understoo is this: An individual who creates something - in this case software - has the right to do whatever he/she wants with it.
2. Saying 1. I will say that it would be Ethical for marcik to comlete the exact terms of the bounty if possible.
3.GPL and LGPL'd concepts can be very esoteric and interpretive.
4. I doubt that all of marcik's work will be completely open sourced - hence the Limited GPL.
5. As long as MOS guys get the browser and wrapper, it suits the Morphzone bounty.
6. Worse case, bounties will be refunded - donars will be pissed, marcik will be flamed, but yet everyone will buy the browser ;)
7. $2k is very little money for a programmer to work for months on end, and surely he can make triple that selling it as a commercial product. But dont forget, it must be of commerical Quality.
As you can see, its a very complex matter. Not black and white at all
magnetic
@marcik: a beta release by end of summer for us to try would help this argument out a lot imho.
and it must be nice to be laire
Pegasos 2 Rev 2B3 w/ Freescale 7447 "G4" @ 1ghz / 1gb Nanya Ram
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