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I completely disagree. While the GPL and other FOSS licenses would loose power after copyright runs out (int this case, 5 years), so would propreitary licenses
by christopherolah 17y ago
I completely disagree.
While the GPL and other FOSS licenses would loose power after copyright runs out (int this case, 5 years), so would propreitary licenses.
Now, it might seem that this is an unfair situation proprietary software holds the advantage, after all they can grab our source code and we can't get theirs? Right? Wrong. Name a major piece of software for which the source isn't leaked... And the Pirate Party could add a law requiring that source code be released after copyright expires for distributed works.
This means that the field is always even for all developers open or not. (Well, not quite even, there is a five year difference...) but as long as the FOSS movement is about creating good free software (as apposed to annihilating proprietary software) this doesn't matter.
- madars 17y ago> Name a major piece of software for which the source isn't leaked Mathematica. Even Microsoft Office hasn't ever been leaked.
- gojomo 17y ago"I completely disagree." Did you read the article? You are completely agreeing with RMS, who recommends that an extra proviso should be added requiring proprietary source disclosure at 5 years.
- christopherolah 17y agoI was disagreeing with the statement that `` Pirate Party's copyright reform cannon could sink copyleft.'' I only skimmed through the article and missed that part. (In part because I'm irritated by the fact that I've seen this idea iterated several times without ever considering this option.) In short, my bad...
- gojomo 17y agoNever trust a social-news-site headline. :)