Rev/Livecode project and GPL Licenses

[Mark Schonewille]

Richard,

You'd be surprised how many don't know how to milk a cow or wouldn't bother doing so because it is so much easier to buy the milk in the supermarket. I, for one, could get a cow for free, but I have no place for it on my balcony.

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On 15 apr 2011, at 16:14, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Scott McDonald wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Mark for clarifying that.
>> 
>> Where I was getting it mixed up, was that I was equating selling
>> commercially with not making the source code available.
>> 
>> But of course, they are not the same thing.
> 
> Not exactly the same, but how many people pay for milk when they can get the cow for free?
> 
> If the GPL-licensed technology you're considering is absolutely essential, you may have no choice.
> 
> But if you can find an alternative solution using something governed by the Apache or MIT licenses you'll not have to worry about GLPing your own stuff.
> 
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> Richard Gaskin
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