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Re: Influencing what parts people work on
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:38:15 GMT
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Tore Eriksson wrote:
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> But then again, I sence that the spirit of "gratis" is, just like John Van wrote, in danger. I already felt it when the
> CD-rom project was discussed. Also, how far can we push our luck until TLC's lawyers return to their word processors...?
I have to agree with John and Tore, all the parts/software I wrote in
the past were done without expecting to get anything back. I don't want
to be rude but we are fine doing everything for free and I'd like to
keep things that way, I know it's been a long time since I last wrote a
new part and that most people here don't like LeoCAD but I don't think
there's any reason why we should try to see how far TLG will let us go.
Of course, we can't get on the way if 2 people decide to make a deal
but I don't even want to know about it and I don't want to turn this
into a marketplace. I'm afraid the next thing we are going to see is
people fighting because of money.
> A strange thing happened to me today: A toy manufacturer contacted me via e-mail and asked me if I am willing to
> develope software to their constuction toys. (Has anyone else recieved a similar mail recently?) There is a small
> possibility that it's a scam, but I don't think so. Anyway, I'm cautious - but curious. Why am I telling this? I count
> it as yet another reward for my L-CAD efforts.
I've got an email about 1 year ago from a Denmark company who wanted
to show LeoCAD to TLG. :)
Leonardo
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| So, this is a good time to re-iterate the purpose of the Gnu Public License (GPL): it makes gratis stuff stay gratis. Even more importantly, if you word it correctly, you can force anyone who creates an element that uses stud.dat to release their (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| The reason why I haven't responded to this thread earlier was the complicated language that kept me from fully understanding what the point is. What I now understand about the guild is: * You are fueled by frustration over the juniorisation of (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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