From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932156AbWAWJw2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:52:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932434AbWAWJw2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:52:28 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:33920 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932156AbWAWJw2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:52:28 -0500 Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Alexander Shishckin Cc: Chase Venters , "Jeff V. Merkey" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <71a0d6ff0601202156r7e1b067br5ad87abb59d7f2cb@mail.gmail.com> References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> <71a0d6ff0601201827o40a9812ft96d18b8f819fde3e@mail.gmail.com> <200601202208.56227.chase.venters@clientec.com> <71a0d6ff0601202156r7e1b067br5ad87abb59d7f2cb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:52:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1138009929.13550.36.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 08:56 +0300, Alexander Shishckin wrote: > On 1/21/06, Chase Venters wrote: > > On Friday 20 January 2006 20:27, Alexander Shishckin wrote: > > > GPLv3 tends to get on top of the most braindead things ever known to > > > software development. It is, in fact, a one-too-many example of how a > > > person who cannot be seriously considered to be a computer programmer > > > tries to have his one-too-many revenge on companies which employ real > > > software developers and produce real world software. Someone should > > > probably put an end to these miserable efforts. > > > > Why does everyone assume that Stallman is out to 'get revenge' on companies? > > Is his desire for freedom so hard to grasp and believe that all you can do is > > spin it into silly conspiracies? > Ain't that obvoius? Every second word that you read in GPLs is either No, because MSFTs business model is not the only one in the software world (though MSFT keeps teaching that). Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services