The article goes on to paint a doomsday scenario about how there will be an older version and a newer version of Linux floating around, and how such a division will split and ultimately weaken the Linux operating system.
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Member since:2005-11-10
"In the real world if I give you a free cookie I don't put restictions on it.
If someone advertised "free TV's" with anything like the restictions on it like the GPL they would be called a con artist and shutdown"
Thank you for proving my point! :-) because in the real world NO one but my grand mother when I come over to visit gives away cookies! And if you can find someone giving away free TV's please let me know cause I could use one! LOL!
In the real world people sue if you take their cookie recipe and in real world companies like Sony and Samsung etc make billions selling TV's not giving them away. And just like with DVD players, and Hybrid cars thousands of companies make them but they ALL pay license fees back to the companies who came up with the technology (And Toyota is making a Mint off Hybrid tech cause they jumped out there and created the whole market, putting patents on all kinds of crap)
All I am saying is that in the real world it's best to share and share alike. If I make software and even if I GIVE it away, I would like to make sure that if you take 10% of my code, you give me back 10% of the changes you make. SIMPLE!
Member since:2006-02-16
/ If someone advertised "free TV's" with anything like the restictions on it like the GPL they would be called a con artist and shutdown. /
If someone advertised "the land of the free" with anything like the restrictions on it like American law (do you know how many restrictions there are in American law) they would be... oh, wait...
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2005-11-10
"Hating large companies doesn't prove the GPL is about "freedom". The GPL is about coercion."
Ummmmm, last time I looked no one was forced to use GPL software. If you don't like the GPL then go make your own code. Oh yea things like Linux under the GPL are really darn good but darn I can't rip them off like I can with things under the BSD license!
"The BSD license is about the fredom of anyone to use the code ... whether it is large companies or one person."
And ummmm also the last time I looked ANYONE could use GPL code also. The difference is that with the BSD license you can use it and keep it without giving anything more then passing credit (Hidden in the application)
The GPL is more like the real world. Just like any normal person goes to work, they expect to get paid. Well if you use my GPL code I expect code back.