Re: [LI] Programming help

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Arun" == Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx> writes:

    Arun> [snip]
    >> The only hitch is that you need to license it for commercial
    >> use.

    Arun> If you're writing closed source software, it is better to
    Arun> have the option of licensing it (QPL) than not having that
    Arun> option at all (GPL).

I strongly disagree with that statement: if you develop proprietary
software using free software tools and libraries, you are basically a
leech.  Yes, I know, open software is so much better than proprietary
software for doing development in, it runs faster, it is more stable,
and the rest.  However, if you're developing proprietary software, pay
for and bear with the tools that are available to you for doing that.
Nothing personal, but I have very little but contempt for people who
take from the free software world without giving back to it, and even
less than that for people who use these tools and operating systems to 
expand their own private universes.

I'd recommend that everyone who's developing software using Linux read
the GNU MANIFESTO at least once.

	http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html

Also read the GNU Project's position on selling Free Software:

	http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

</RANT>

-- Raju
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