Spelling out the license - protesting too much

Mathewson richmond at mail.maclaunch.com
Tue Nov 22 15:07:06 EST 2005


Framkly software should be either FREE (and any proprietary
elements within FREE software items should be 'bound up' in
such a way that to reverse engineer them would take such a
long time that it would be counterproductive) or UNFREE (as
in, totally bound up in legla clauses cooked up by highly
paid lawyers).

FREE software shouldn't need any licenses - Creative
Commons, GNU, Rampantly Oversexed Wrathog, or what ever.

FREE means FREE.

So those of us interested in producing FREE software should
get on and produce it; and include a nice little READ ME
document that says something rather like:

"This is FREE, do with it what you like"

and those of us who are interested in producing software
for which they want money should get on and produce it; and
include blatant signals that it is UNFREE.

Blast licences!

sincerely, Richmond

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