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Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 21:03, Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc> wrote:
> They can take a copy of your code and modify it, but at no time does your
> original code become non-free. As long as people continue to copy from your
> "free" version of the code, they can continue to use it for "free".
>
> The GPL isn't free though. The GPL is a limited use license that restricts
> freedoms in such a way that there is some expectation that the lost freedoms
> can purchase future freedom, and this compromise is justified.
>
> Many of us don't agree that the compromise is justified.
You keep missing the fact that the GPL is meant to protect the USER's
right to play with the software. Read about Tivoization.
As far as the rights of the author, the GPL basically just protect's
the author's wish that his software be distributed under the GPL.