[unperson] (Thursday 24 February 2005)

'''For the legal aspect'''

---> [TCL] and [TK] comes with a [BSD] licence. Thanks 81.174.184.11! 

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'''The ethical aspect: a word on the human aspects of a commercial TCL/TK app'''

Of course beyond the legal aspects there are human aspects attached to a commercial TCL/TK app. 

Since TCL/TK has developed such a strong community of coders who kindly help each other, it is clear that one's success is everyone's success. If a commercial TCL/TK becomes a success, it is only fair to the TCL/TK Community that the programmer does kind gestures to the community who has helped him in the first place: gestures such as publishing TCL/TK books for children, paying for the wikit connection for 5, 10 years and so on. 

Gratefulness, giving back to the Community are the key words here.
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[RS] agrees. I've taken great software (and advice) for free, and I'm trying to give back software and advice for free. I can't compare much, but I feel there's a special spirit in the Wiki, the Chat, and (maybe a bit less) in c.l.t. - friendly, relaxed people with inspiring views, occasionally.

[RHS] My favorite form of people "giving back" is when I see a "this is how I do that" description and think to myself "Wow, thats slick. I love that". Using the [[info level 0]] information to find out if someone actually supplied a value to a defaulted arg is one of those.

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