freedom

[Fabrice Rossi]

Gangolf Jobb wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Gangolf Jobb wrote:
>
> i am not up for a flame war, i am rather looking for a free
> numerical library that i can link into my own software without having
> to give away my property rights, as one can do with almost all other
> scientific information. fsf is against software patents, but the gpl
> is nothing better.

As a small contributor to the GSL, I'm very happy that you cannot link 
it into your own proprietary software. I don't want to share with people 
that do not share. You write a lot about freedom. Please respect our 
freedom as GSL developers to not share with free riders and please stop 
complaining about our choice. We do not bother you with your choice to 
develop proprietary software.

Fabrice Rossi