[LINK] Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers

[Craig Sanders]

A: because it's a PITA to read the reply before the question.
Q: why is top-posting evil?

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 02:21:18PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Craig Sanders wrote:
> >furthermore, a gift (to the world, or to an individual) is not commerce,
> >it is not trade - so it's hard to see how it could possibly be covered
> >by trade practices type legislation.
>
> Just because something has the GPL does not imply that it is a gift. 
> You are quite entitled to change for GPL software; the fact that you 
> have to make the source available gives many people the impressio that 
> it is free.  

the gift is from the developer(s) and contributor(s) to the world at
large. the fact that there might be middle-men (distributors) charging
a fee (to facilitate that distribution, or for support, or just because
they can) doesn't in any way undermine that fact.

> Just look at the number of devices that contain an embedded 
> Linux - is the opsys free?

it's about free speech, not free beer.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)