> Code that is freely available doesn't need protection > as nothing can > happen to it other then someone else using and improving it > which is a > good thing regardless of what else happens to that copy > subsequently. I am sure many would disagree with this, The code has to be protected in some way to ensure that someone/or a company cannot claim the code to be theirs and start selling it and not give anything back. This is the good side of the GPL if there is one. > > Long ago it might not have been completely predictable that > many end > points of the longest-developed paths of unix development > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Unix_history-simple.svg) > would be > open-sourced but it was never out of the question either. > Having that > big chunk isolated by the GPL and unable to share > components is just bad > for everyone. > Unix is not GPL'd, Linux is or did I miss something here? The components can be shared, you just have to use the GPL and license your work on it. This is like I scratch your back, but you will also scratch mine. Cooperation is the key and interoperability between compnents like you have mentioned. > -- Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
