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

closed/proprietary != commercial

Author:Ken MacLeod
Posted:9/1/2000; 9:25:27 AM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 8/28/2000
Msg #:20696 (In response to 20689)
Prev/Next:20695 / 20697

A very common, and very incorrect, meme in this thread is that the GPL is "anti-commercial". It's not, it's anti-closed/proprietary.

Not all closed/proprietary source is commercial.

Not all commercial source is closed/proprietary.

Saying "the GPL is anti-commercial" is not correct.

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