[sword-devel] Still more about licencing

[Brook Humphrey]

On Wednesday 10 December 2003 12:39 pm, Lynn Allan wrote:
> 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.

I don't really want to get into this as I work on many gpl projects. I have 
increasingly lately seen many people asking these types of questions and then 
flat our right stealing the code and selling it on ebay or whatever. I'm not 
saying this is your course of action or  your preferred behavior but I do 
have to ask Why do you continue to harass this project with this line of 
reasoning? 

Most of us prefer the gpl for it's relative safety against those trying to 
monger, poach, steal, and then lie about their activities. Don't get me wrong 
I'm not trying to say you are doing any of those but I have to ask what are 
your motives? Is it that you don't want to release your code and only release 
a compiled binary of your finished project? Also so you know I have not read 
this whole thread but am just curious.

And one last point it has nothing to do with how the sword project translates 
the gpl it has rather more to do with the gpl itself as it is the same for 
any and all projects using it. 
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