Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> If I include libjpg without modifying it at all, I can no longer use the MIT
> license on my code, even if my code is orders of magnitude larger and more
> valuable. This forces me, while building something large that I need to get
> paid for, to rewrite code that's already tested and works well and is
> bug-free and safe. Hence, GPL code leads to bugs in non-GPL code.

Ooooh - you're one of the bad guys who try to steal free software, like libjpg!
Don't you know that this piece of free software is only free as in "freedom of
speach", and not as in "free for the taking"? Noooo, you gotta pay a price for
that free library you intend to use!

How much?

Ooooh, nothing of particular value... just give us all rights to your complete
application, including all other libraries it might be using - including the
right to use it to acquire other software the same way as well - that'll be
enough to settle the bill...

You know, after all, we're fighting for a good cause, against those evil
companies that want to steal your software from you...

..... and of course, don't trust the MIT followers, because, you know, they're
not
your friends, they can't protect you and all... *we're* your friends,
remember...


Heck, I wish someone would come up with a free software license expressively
*forbidding* derivative works' license conditions to require any published
derivatives of the derivative to be released completely as open source.

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