BillW wrote:
>    Seems to me many pieces of code I see published in various venues
>    have a little piece of data attached - legalese to effect that
>    freedom is given for private use, but not "commercial" use.
>
>This can make sense for whole programs, but it's pretty meaningless for
>code snippets or algorithm discussions, IMO.
>

of course.
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>
>    Interesting philosophical question --> should I "give away"
>    work that I produce on "my own time" when I know other people
>    will turnaround and "sell it" for profit?
>
>Yes.  The theory is that you get back more overall value than you
>contribute.  That's what makes it a forum.  That's what "open source" is
>all about.  Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased, yadda,
>yadda...  There's an awful lot more to selling code for profit than just
>writing it, stuff that programmers are likely to find unpleasant.
>

Sure, I'll buy this - but the shared pain would of course be lessened
even more if the sellers would credit the authors fairly, and share the
profits - don't you think? :).

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