Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: More on the GPL and cooperation

Author:Fredrik Lundh
Posted:8/25/2000; 1:20:44 PM
Topic:A softer GPL?
Msg #:20251 (In response to 20245)
Prev/Next:20250 / 20252

That's not correct, they are not part of the open source community if they are not willing to make their source open..

it's an all-or-nothing thing?

:::

"I found Richard's comments at the Open Source Developer's Day, where he called John Ousterhout a parasite because he now wants to build proprietary tools on top of Tcl, a defining moment. This is akin to children feeling that their parents owe them an inheritance, or people on welfare feeling that the government owes them a handout."
-- http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/orabooks_os.html


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