Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!think!husc6!spdcc!ima!cfisun!eric From: eric@cfi.COM (eric) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Questions about "Free Software Foundation" Message-ID: <605@venus.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 89 13:18:41 GMT References: <980@mrsvr.UUCP> <6590268@hplsla.HP.COM> Reply-To: eric@venus.UUCP (Eric Read -CFI-) Distribution: usa Organization: Consumer Financial Institute, Waltham, Mass. Lines: 17 In article <6590268@hplsla.HP.COM> jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes: >has been legally tested. "Fair Usage" rules certainly apply here, but what is >"fair use" when an author publicly states he doesn't really want his >work used for commercial purposes? ...I suspect the courts might find a very Stallman has said that he is perfectly happy to have his work used for commercial purposes. The copyleft does not prevent you from using it for any commercial product or service. You "just" have to make your source available to the customer. Maybe instead of "commercial", you meant "profitable"? :-) -- Eric Read ` | ' harvard!cfisun!eric Price Waterhouse / CFI --*-- (617) 899-6500 51 Sawyer Rd. ' | ` WUTFOTYATEOTW Waltham, MA 02154