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Re: GPL traitor !
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: GPL traitor ! |
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Mon, 11 May 2009 11:34:52 +0000 (UTC) |
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In gnu.misc.discuss Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@ols.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2009 08:37:48 +0000 (UTC), Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> Not really. The alleged convolution of the GPL is merely a hypothesis.
>> Evidence against this hypothesis is that these long threads are pretty
>> much restricted to special-purpose forums (such as this one).
>> There are other equally (or more) convincing hypotheses, for example that
>> the people driving these threads wish to foster an impression that the
>> GPL is convoluted, difficult and risky; classic FUD.
>>> It's no wonder corporations tend to run from it.
>> If they actually do, which is not at all clear. More likely,
>> corporations avoid licensing their code under the GPL, those that do,
>> because they don't want it to become free software.
> I agree a lot of it is misinformation but that's my point, the GPL is
> clouded by confusion.
I suspect this confusion is engendered deliberately, to a large extent.
> I suspect corporations, the suits not the programmers so much, are afraid
> of the GPL because they assume that their proprietary technology might be
> in danger of having to be shared if inter mingled with GPL code.
Well, yes, except there's rarely a "might" about it. That's fair enough.
You don't incorporate GPL code into your proprietary program.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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- Re: GPL traitor !, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/05/08
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- Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/05/08
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