On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:28:29 -0500 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You continue to miss the point. The thing I dislike about the > GPL is that it prevents distribution of a large amount of > potentially useful software. That has no bearing on the > usefulness or my use of the subset that is permitted to > be distributed. You continue to miss the point that anything that can't be distributed with the GPL is because the GPL is designed very specifically to prohibit that from happening. I _get_ the point that you keep complaining about it and think that it's a bad thing. I _understand_ your position. I'm telling you that some people including myself think it's a good thing. We're HAPPY that the software that you think would be "useful to distribute with it" can not be. We don't want it to happen and we're happy the GPL prevents it. If you can ever acknowledge that we have a right to use GPL software and abide by its license maybe you and I could have a conversation. Instead you want to imply that the people who like and use the GPL are doing something wrong. I've never told you that you're wrong for disliking the GPL. What i've said is that it's fine to dislike it, but nobody is forcing you to use it. If you don't like the GPL rules, you have MIT/BSD/ and proprietary software to choose from. Be a man and put your actions where your mouth is, refuse to use GPL software until it conforms to your vision. Sean
