I must say, I find that licensing agreement refreshing. I've released most of my public programs as freeware in the past, usually with source included. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, or maybe I've just never written much that's commercially viable (quite likely! <g>), but I enjoy seeing code/standards released for free that insist that any further use of them must be free as well.
Hey, I'm no hippie, but I *am* something of a hacker (in the original sense, not in the "evil cracker" meaning). Read shared code, learn from it, write something cool, and share it for free - that makes sense to me. Now, if it's an app for a bank or something that's clearly just there to make money, sure, charge for it. But if it's just a generally neat idea, I prefer sharing. That's just an ideal: I was quite happy to pay Mark his bargain price for the wonder that is Blitz3D, I eagerly look forward to paying him for BlitzMax, and I've charged for some of my code in the past and may even make money off my Blitz programs some day <g>, but I still like to see such hacker spirit on occasion.
Hey, I'm no hippie, but I *am* something of a hacker (in the original sense, not in the "evil cracker" meaning). Read shared code, learn from it, write something cool, and share it for free - that makes sense to me. Now, if it's an app for a bank or something that's clearly just there to make money, sure, charge for it. But if it's just a generally neat idea, I prefer sharing. That's just an ideal: I was quite happy to pay Mark his bargain price for the wonder that is Blitz3D, I eagerly look forward to paying him for BlitzMax, and I've charged for some of my code in the past and may even make money off my Blitz programs some day <g>, but I still like to see such hacker spirit on occasion.