RE: Open Source reasons (was Calling a program without knowing the parms)

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott and James,

Just asking the question, no offense meant.  Other than Open Source exists I
know very little about it, a little more now since this thread.

Phil






> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 3:25 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Calling a program without knowing the parms
>
>
>
> Because the license protects you, as the programmer.  Without it, people
> could potentially hold you responsible for certain things, especially if
> some bug in the code should cause damage or a security exploit on a
> system...
>
> It also protects your intellectual property.  Nobody can legally take
> the code and claim it as their own...
>
> I find your question rather strange.  Just because it requires a little
> bit of research doesn't mean its "trouble."  If everything with complex
> issues was "trouble", we wouldn't use computers at all :)
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Phil wrote:
>
> > With all this trouble, why bother to license it at all?  Is
> there reason why
> > you'd want it licensed?
> >
> > Phil
> >
>
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