Re: [pdf-devel] Re: about the licence

[Martin Schröder]

2009/1/9 Yavor Doganov <address@hidden>:
> Martin Schröder wrote:
>> It's not an incentive; it forces all consumers of GNUpdf to release
>> their code under the GPL.
>
> Using the word "consumers" here shows a radically different point of
> view, a way of thinking that I personally strongly disagree with.  In

Customers would be a better term.

> the free software movement, we call these entities "users", and they
> all should have equal rights.

I'm talking about developers releasing code which uses GNUpdf.

> Deciding to license a particular software under the GPL doesn't force
> you to do anything, as it is entirely *your* choice whether to use the
> software or not.  So "incentive" is a perfectly valid word in this
> situation, although I'm not a native speaker (and I'm not going to
> argue about linguistic issues).

And nobody is forced to develope software using GNUpdf, right.

Best
   Martin