[CON] Open for IP abuse {Re: [ba-unrev-talk] [IDEA]: No license at all}
If you make no license at all, then you open the door to others hijacking
your intellectual property (IP) by any of a variety of means, including
patenting extensions to it which prevent you from evolving the product in
that direction. (01)
At 10:22 PM 6/9/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Given:
>1- The software must be free from encumbrance from evolving in any
>natural direction needed to satisfy the requirement that the software
>continue to play an important role in a world of complex and crucial
>issues, and which is evolving continuously.
>2- The software must available to all who need it.
>
>IDEA: How about: No license at all. Totally open, gratis, unrestricted.
>
>--
>Peter (02)