Re: GNU "Moral Codes"

[John Hasler]

mike3 writes:
> It seems the GNU licenses are designed so you can't just monopolize off
> someone else's work -- rip it off and pilfer it for your profit...

Copyright infringement is not theft.

> ...which is what incorporating it into a proprietary package without
> making that free would do.

And it is not copyright infringement if the license permits it (I assume
you are addressing the BSD license here).

> This may be good, but what is the GNU position on monopolizing or reaping
> a profit off licensing your OWN work?

Assuming that you meant to write FSF rather than GNU, go to their Web site
and read.
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John Hasler 
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA