Re: [Gnu-arch-users] re: license question

[Mark Flacy]

On 2006.03.17 12:48, Thomas Lord wrote:
>  And really, this is just the start.   It still bugs me that   
> customers  will be able to examine and even modify the source code.  
> But  perhaps  that is easily fixed too.   After all, if a customer  
> modifies the  code  it is harder for me to audit them for license  
> compliance -- so I  could  add a clause saying that if they modify  
> the code they owe me an  additional $1M per CPU -- it's a support  
> fee, don't ya know.  Ok,  so  they can still examine the source but  
> undermining 3 out of 4  software  freedoms isn't bad and, anyway,  
> even Microsoft sometimes let's  people  see the source.


Gee, Tom, a long-winded and somewhat roundabout way to claim that  
anyone buying into the RedHat distribution model is amazingly stupid.

Big whoop.