Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

Never doubted it for a second.  It only happens in closed source project
where the owner of the code is not the developer.  The owner NEVER has to
give up code if he doesn't want to - that is if they don't break any laws
pertaining to a monopoly.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Callum Lerwick" <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!


> > No - you are wrong.  Once GPL - forever GPL.  You have no say about what
> > anybody else does with it.  They can branch development on you and if
they
> > do the job better than you - you disappear into history.  GPL just
assures
>
> Well serves you right for not doing a good enough job to prevent this in
> the first place. ;) This happens in closed source projects too ya
> know...
>
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