On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 12:47, David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) > It really does come down to a socialism vs. capitalism argument in the > end. The pro [L]GPL crowd points to a claimed beneficial leveling > affect by everyone having access to everything and the pro closed source > crowd points out that they won't work unless they see a profit from > their labor. Yet, there are plenty of projects that are freely available and open source without the GPL restrictions. Where do the *bsd, X, apache, perl, mozilla, etc. licenses fall in your claimed dichotomy? It is possible to share things without everyone following the same manifesto. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
