[mythtv-users] TapeWorm Beta 4 - new features, and now, fewer bugs!
Jeff Simpson
jeffsimpson at alum.wpi.edu
Thu Apr 6 17:06:44 UTC 2006
> interesting thread none the less.
If nothing else, it makes for a good discussion. Gotta keep the mind
alive, right?
> I would like to point out that
> A) he does not require the donation, he's just asking you to help out.
"If you want to use this program, you need to make a donation to the
charity of my choice"
> B) he does not ask for it in his name, nor does it look like he is
> checking to see if you donated. He's calling on the gods of Karma to
> do it. So all you how didn't donate, thats why your having all these
> bugs and lack of features!
While he's not checking to see if you donated, most shareware vendors
don't really "check" either. They tell you what they require, and if
you don't do it, you're stealing. "Required Donation" and "Suggested
Donation" are different.
> That said, I don't think "Char(ity)-Ware" as he calls it does much to
> violate the intent and purpose of the GPL, and from what I understand
> does not violate the letter of the GPL as he does not charge.
it's a grey area. Charity dinners that are $100/plate can't advertise
themselves as "FREE FOOD" just because "they" don't charge. Somebody
is charging.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not anti-charity, anti-donation,
anti-reimbursement-for-coding-work, anti-paid-software or anything of
the like.
- Jeff
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