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Exactly...
>>brand 'em with your products, hog-tie 'em with proprietary software, and the customers are locked in with you forever.<<<

A very precise description of the goals at Microsoft, the very company that is doing it's best to destroy Open Source and free software.
Posted by: shawkins   Posted on: 02/14/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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License Overhaul  htotten | 02/14/05
Mono vs Java  Roger Ramjet | 02/14/05
The main reason  htotten | 02/14/05
Huh?  doe_z | 02/14/05
I thought my computer got a critical virus...  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
GPL is a joke.  pa2004 | 02/14/05
You are a total joke  hipparchus2000 | 02/14/05
If it's not broke  Chad_z | 02/14/05
Linux license overhaul--don't hold your breath  Loverock Davidson | 02/14/05
Forced? how so?  theding0 | 02/14/05
Suppose that depends on your level of greed...  shawkins | 02/14/05
Giving away someone else's money.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
Got that right  rapson | 02/14/05
Where it counts...  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
Exactly...  shawkins | 02/14/05
No better than Microsoft, and maybe worse...  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
You just have to make sure...  Michael Kelly | 02/14/05
I think you are confused  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
Got that right  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
Giving or Greed?  Update victim | 02/14/05
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 02/14/05
f you can't make $$$ off of it it's not worth your time  htotten | 02/14/05
But you can get paid for your work you silly little man wink  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
That is what is good about choices  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
Happens every day Anton....  shawkins | 02/14/05
Also  voska | 02/14/05
I don't enjoy arguing with idealism.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
I know this one company that gives away free stuff  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
Have you listened to yourself today?  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
Of course there are reasons to produce free software.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
No. Not okay.  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
On the premises.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
Anton, try and follow a logical progression.  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
Interesting  NonZealot | 02/14/05
Why do people put words in my mouth, nonZealot?  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
Garbage in - garbage out  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
Your assumptions border on ridiculous  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
Put up or shut up.  seosamh_z | 02/14/05
I have "Put Up" thus won't "shut up"  shawkins | 02/14/05
Don't Like the license? Don't use it!  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
Easier said than done.  htotten | 02/14/05
Oracle  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
Giving away code  Letophoro | 02/14/05
Another GPL mythmonger on the loose  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
To avoid being GPL'ed  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
You're not supposed to  rapson | 02/14/05
Independent software developement is dying field  voska | 02/14/05
Not dead yet....  htotten | 02/14/05
Suppose you license the WinCE code  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
You are only required to give them  htotten | 02/14/05
code which will contain your IP  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
It is no different with the GNU GPL  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
The difference is  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
It's not like it's that hard to avoid becoming "contaminated"  Michael Kelly | 02/14/05
DO you even know what they mean by, 'how close'?  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
Sounds like the rewriting of the GPL is unnecessary...  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
English Lit 101: Ask yourself, "what is the purpose of the story."  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
Correction... just over 20%  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
You look, but not see.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
Ie, yie, yie!  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
A license can not subvert the law.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/05
Not trying to subvert  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
That's what I said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/05
Yes, it was, wasn't it.  Anton Philidor | 02/14/05
Message has been deleted.  AmusedAtItAll | 02/14/05
Licensing does that quite regularly  voska | 02/14/05
Perhaps  Update victim | 02/14/05
And perhaps pigs will fly...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/05
I was under the impression...  Michael Kelly | 02/14/05
Not dead wrong, just slightly mistaken.  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
wait and see, no_ax  hipparchus2000 | 02/14/05
Sorry, you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/05
Sorry, you are slightly off.  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
You need to do some more home work.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/15/05
Kill open source?  richdave | 02/14/05
Nope  Linux User 147560 | 02/14/05
RE: Nope  richdave | 02/14/05
But the GPL does allow incorporation into proprietary software.  The King's Servant | 02/14/05
"The snowballing success of Linux ..."  George Mitchell | 02/14/05
What the GPL people are missing  phantom_z | 03/03/05

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