Regarding "proprietary software"

R. L. Kleeberger rlk@cinternet.net
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:21:37 -0400


Quoting Josh Baugher (jbaugher@vt.edu):
> (The AA responses will hopefully be done tonight -- this is just a
> "quickie post" -- those AA messages are getting _long_! :-) )
> 
> * Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@ebb.org>: 
> 
> > I believe this NPR story discusses the issue:
> >
> >   <URL:http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnps05fm.cfm?SegID=37200>
> >
> > I can't be sure because I don't use Real Audio because it's
> > proprietary software; [...]
> 
> .cfm
> 
> The extention on the URL indicates that the website is running
> proprietary software: Cold Fusion. Are you using proprietary software
> when you use their website, or since the code is actually running on
> their server is it not considered proprietary?

He may be *supporting* proprietary software in a sense, but he is not
bound to the license that makes Cold Fusion proprietay software.  

-- 
R. L. Kleeberger
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