Apachessl (was your mail)

On  3 Dec 95 at 11:41, Laszlo Vecsey wrote:

: > > Competing with Netscape is obviously something that's easier said than
: > > done.  But we ought to consider the strategic importance of having robust,
: > 
: > 	I hate to repeat myself, but sometimes people don't listen.
: > http://www.c2.org/apachessl/
: 
: I don't see how you can charge for a commercial versions of ApacheSSL. 
: Isn't it protected by the GNU license agreement? Or is the idea that by 
: registering ApacheSSL you still get the software for free but you are 
: required to pay for support.

	Go read the GNU license.  Nothing prevents selling the programs, 
nothing prevents selling modifications of the programs.  The major 
restraint is that you have to provide source.  Now, from what I read of 
the page, that is being done.

	Personally, I would prefer to see the whole thing given away, and if I
had done it, it would be.  But he (or his contractors / employees ) did
the work that went into modifying it, and if he want's to sell that
work he bloody well can.
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Does history recorde any case in which the majority was right?

> 	Personally, I would prefer to see the whole thing given away, and if I
> had done it, it would be.  But he (or his contractors / employees ) did
> the work that went into modifying it, and if he want's to sell that
> work he bloody well can.

	Hell, *I'd* prefer to see the whole thing given away. Ain't
gonna happen though. It's called US patent law. (I would have put
*much* less work into it, if it was going to be given away, though, so
the fact that people have to pay for it actually results in a better
non-commercial version as well. [the only thing you don't get with the
non-commercial version is commercial use licensing for the patent
stuff and support..])
	Maybe though, if the various lawsuits disputing the patents go
through and the patents are found invalid or something, commercial use
will be possible for free.

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