OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product

[Chris Watson]

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> Why is that bad, but taking free code and putting it into a closed-source
> product, thus also killing its free nature, is somehow good?

Ok. Again I refer to my original argument to this. Assuming foo.c version
1.0 released under the BSD license. Company X comes along and grabs a copy
of foo.c version 1.0. Modifies it and refuses to release *their* work. Or
their copy of version 1.0 of foo.c. Ok now, tell me what divine creature
came alone with pointy horns or angel wings and completely irradicated
foo.c version 1.0 under a BSDL off the face of the earth. The *same*
version company X took a copy of and modified? The mozilla person never
answered this. Simply because it is not possible. Cannot happen. Will not happen.
This is a red herring and has no basis in reality whatsoever.
You cannot completely remove a piece of code released to the public. It
just is not possible. So the GPL must have other motives since this whole
"but GPL keeps it free" crap is allowed to be spewed regardless if it's
patently false. You cannot remove or close up the original works released
to people as open source. Anyone who says that should try a different
brand of mind altering pharmaceutical.

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