Comment "burn down your house". (Score 1) 1230
This line is my favorite.
"But the Free Software Foundation doesn't want royalties--it wants you to burn down your house, or at the very least share it with cloners."
Of course they failed to mention that you stole the wood you used to build your house. Companies know what the rules are before they begin developing their products. Those rules don't change just because that product started producing cash for you.
The FSF might think of taking a stronger stance on these issues. If they don't then I can see a potential business model emerging where software companies violate the GPL and make large sums of cash for one or two years until the FSF takes them to court. They then pay the FSF 100k, release the source, and move on to their next violation. Paying 100k, after the fact, for a proven product code base is not a bad deal.
"But the Free Software Foundation doesn't want royalties--it wants you to burn down your house, or at the very least share it with cloners."
Of course they failed to mention that you stole the wood you used to build your house. Companies know what the rules are before they begin developing their products. Those rules don't change just because that product started producing cash for you.
The FSF might think of taking a stronger stance on these issues. If they don't then I can see a potential business model emerging where software companies violate the GPL and make large sums of cash for one or two years until the FSF takes them to court. They then pay the FSF 100k, release the source, and move on to their next violation. Paying 100k, after the fact, for a proven product code base is not a bad deal.
