From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: How to make a non-GPL Org-mode exporter? Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:12:33 +0200 Message-ID: <87egjtv81q.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87pp3dvm18.fsf@mbork.pl> <87wpxlocpz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87k2tlvbbk.fsf@mbork.pl> <874mkp37hq.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJlxP-0007O7-6o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:12:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJlxK-0007SJ-AW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:12:55 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:55474) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJlxK-0007S4-36 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:12:50 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617B28F2004 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:12:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aLteHQTMUHfF for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:12:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (unknown [109.232.24.146]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E52C98F2003 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:12:43 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <874mkp37hq.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Org-Mode mailing list On 2015-07-27, at 18:12, Oleh Krehel wrote: > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> And what if I explicitly want people to be able to use my code in >> a proprietary software? > > Then you're out of luck. Just like thousands (millions) of programmers > are out of luck when they want to examine the code of a closed source > proprietary software. Good point. I like the conciseness of your one-sentence summary of the situation:-). > If I asked someone for Microsoft Word source code, because I want to > understand why my macro doesn't work, they would laugh in my face. And > then bring up that situation as a joke for years. A credit to FSF > people: no one is laughing at you. Myself included, I tried to explain > the benefits of GPL, but if you don't want to listen that's fine. I'm glad that nobody is laughing at me, though I don't like being accused of being impolite/rude/inflammatory - even if justly - and I even more dislike being accused of being irrespectful (and I consider this accusation to be unjust - after all, I came here to ask, and I plan to follow the rules, no matter how ridiculous they are). Also, I do listen to you - I just want to point out that, while GPL clearly has benefits (and I do not deny that!), it also has drawbacks, and that people are entitled not to like it. On a tangentially related note, as I pointed out in another post, you might want to make the license note on your blog compliant;-). > --Oleh Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University