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Official Announcements / Re: Change to Official License Key Policy
« on: December 21, 2005, 07:35 PM »
As mouser mentioned, some people would rather use poor quality FREE software vs. anything that might hint of getting paid.
The reason is strictly philosophical. They believe that software should be free, 100%, always, forever as in Free Beer and Freedom of speech. Nothing you do short of giving it away all the time forever will make them happy. It's not about the work, quality, effectiveness, etc. it's about a philosophy.
If you want that, publish your work under the GPL and live happy. If you want something else (dare I say, a little more reasonable?) then they will not use, promote or speak nicely about your software or your mother. So what?
You can't please everyone, so please who you want. It's your software, work etc. do whatever you want.
The reason is strictly philosophical. They believe that software should be free, 100%, always, forever as in Free Beer and Freedom of speech. Nothing you do short of giving it away all the time forever will make them happy. It's not about the work, quality, effectiveness, etc. it's about a philosophy.
If you want that, publish your work under the GPL and live happy. If you want something else (dare I say, a little more reasonable?) then they will not use, promote or speak nicely about your software or your mother. So what?
You can't please everyone, so please who you want. It's your software, work etc. do whatever you want.