:BeOpen.com: Richard Stallman's Response to Warwick Allison of Troll Tech
BeOpen.com: Richard Stallman's Response to Warwick Allison of Troll Tech Jul 17, 2000, 19 :25 UTC (15 Talkback[s]) (7882 reads) (Other stories by Richard Stallman)
"Warwick Allison in your interview says some confused things about the GPL. To
prevent the readers from being misled, would you please post this response?..."
"But Allison's implication that the GPL is meant to stop someone from making money
is just plain wrong; in fact, the freedom to sell copies for a profit is part of the
freedom that the GPL protects. Being for freedom and community does not mean
being against profit."
"When Red Hat Software refused to include KDE/Qt in their GNU/Linux system, they did something unusual for a company: they acted for the sake of
the community's freedom rather than for short-term expediency. You called this "strange"--I call it admirable. One view criticizes them as foolish for
declining a selfish opportunity, the other praises them for caring about the community. It is a difference of values."