Comments | vishalparakh: Free as in 'free speech' and not 'free beer' -- think again?

vishalparakh

Free as in 'free speech' and not 'free beer' -- think again?

Jul 20, 2005 13:14

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68144,00.html

Free beer recipe released under the Creative Commons license ( Read more... )

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anomalizer July 20 2005, 10:04:09 UTC

Recipies can be free. Products should not.

Free beer recipe, does not mean free beer.
*You still need to procure raw materials which will cost you something.
*Also, does not mean everyone can brew equally well. You may lack the talent to brew well, and hence may get someone to do it for you in exchange of something else. There is such a thing as intangible stuff

GPL has issues. Let us say I write something for joy and release under GPL. My third wife insists I spend time with here in Düsseldorf and not leave her castle (which has a strict embargo on all electonic stuff) for 3 months else she will speak to my second wife. In that time, someone discovers a security hole which needs to be plugged. The user of my product is despo to get a fix but cannot fix for himself. What happens?

incorrect GPL interpretation vishalparakh July 21 2005, 03:28:48 UTC

What the GPL does enforce is that the someone who fixed your code also has to release the patch/fixed code under GPL (if he wants to release the fix to the public that it). Under some licences he could actually not release the code for the fix call it his own and sell a product based on it.

You GPL hatred might be misplaced.

And BTW, I'd like to see you get past your second wife ;)