Re: The impact of a module's license on the requiring Lua program

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 23:31, Dimitris Papavasiliou <dpapavas@gmail.com> wrote:
> What I didn't understand initially
> was why it was somehow self-evident that I should release the code I write
> in my spare time, a practice that takes up much of it, and for which I do
> not ask to get payed but share publicly for whatever use it may be to others
> (programmers and end-users alike), why I should release this code in such a
> way that others can make money off it.  I do not mean to say that making
> money off your work is bad but the whole concept seemed rather unreasonable
> to me.

Give, and it shall be given unto you?

For example, we do use many opensource libraries commercially. But we
try to do our part in sharing our stuff back (under MIT!) and
sponsoring some of the Lua-related opensource projects.

Alexander.