On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:41:31 -0700 "Alan M. Evans" <ame1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 14:15, Sean wrote: > > That opinion doesn't hold up to scrutiny, Linux has succeeded to the > > measure it has today because of its license and the fact that it > > encourages developers to contribute to projects they don't own. > > That line of argument would hold up to scrutiny if GNU/HURD had more > than about 25 actual users. And if there were no developer interest in > Linux before it was GPL'd. > Sorry I didn't spell it out a little more clearly. It succeeded because it was the right software with a license that made it attractive. I didn't mean to imply that a GPL license is enough to make any software interesting. Sean
