[sword-devel] Still more about licencing

[Lynn Allan]

Is anybody else noticing that we are getting what seems to be contradictory
information about the GPL license?

Step 1: You can.
Step 2: No, you can't.
Step 3. Yes, you can.
Step 4. Go-To Step 2.

<Alert ... please do not read rest of post if you have already had quite
enough of this scribbler's opinions>

Although admittedly uninformed, I have never been a fan of the GPL. I am a
strong believer in copyright, intellectual property, and property rights. I
believe the USA founding fathers knew what they were doing when they
established the Copyright Office. Was it specified in the Constitution?

I tend to feel the net result of Richard Stallman's well intended "copyleft"
is anti-intellectual.

While we remain on "this side", our fallen natures seems to call for
copyright rather than copyleft. This may be morbid, but one of the reasons I
look forward to my death is to get away from all this "crud". I get as weary
of people as they no doubt do of me :-(

I would probably prefer to release LcdBible and the InVerse Scripture
memorization freeware to the Public Domain than use the GPL as it seems to
be understood on The SWORD Project.

Sharing the reason for the season,
http://learningcards.eeworks.org/EeCard01.html

Lynn l.allan@att.net