iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them

[Matt Johnston]

On 2 Jul 2007, at 04:19, Patrick Coskren wrote:

> In none of these events does my code cease to be available for  
> free, and because of that, any money other people are making is  
> going to be for the improvements they make, either in the product  
> or in the distribution.  It's not easy, after all, to compete with  
> my free product if they're not doing *something* to add value.   
> Therefore, they're not stealing anything from me, they're providing  
> a real service.  Now, my code is making it easier for other people  
> to make money, but that's fine, I've released it free.  Other  
> people are free to do whatever they want.  Use it as a hobby.  Use  
> it to make money by predicting the stock market by reading Vogue.   
> Use it to make money by wrapping it with a toolbar that people want  
> to pay money for.  Whatever; I don't care; I've released the  
> software for free, and people are free to do whatever they want.

Patrick provides the very definition of Freedom w.r.t code.



Matt Johnston
pelorus at mac.com

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