On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:58 PM, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On May 10, 2008, at 11:40 AM, Mark Rages wrote: >> Can you explain how the GPL does not allow you to change >> the software to suit your needs? > > "My needs include being able to keep my modifications to the open > source material proprietary when I distribute the software." "I need > to keep distribution difficulties in check, and cannot afford to > distribute my embedded product in a form where it can be re-built > with modified versions of the open-source libraries that it uses." > > GPL advocates may claim that these are not VALID needs, or argue > about the difficulty of meeting them within GPL, but it tends to get > my hackles up whenever someone else is ready to tell me what *I* need. > The GPL is concerned with the software users' rights, not progammers. > And I don't want FSF to be able to define what "open source" means, > any more than I want RIAA to define what "fair use" means... > For the record, the FSF does not like or use the term "open source". Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@midwesttelecine.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist