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I know this one company that gives away free stuff
to college students, mother's at daycares, people at gyms, highschool students, ESL students,... why they seem to give away to almost everyone! All in the name of increasing corporate profits.

You never accept free samples in the mail, do you? Giving away free products or products at hugh discounts to encourage sales and in direct competition with commercial products has been done for years. The difference between that and MS is that the GPL does not force you to not use certain softwaer like MS forced on the world at large through its OEM programs and other underhanded marketing schemes.

(See how I easily turned this into an anti-MS debate wink

My point is not "anti-MS" but that it is okay and encouraged by the GPL that Sun and others uses GPL software.

[quote]For example, you do know that Linux's main effect has been on Unix, right? That's not a coincidence.
Think of Microsoft as a flag waved to encourage the fans. The real significance, the real focus is on making increased profits in the Unix world.[/quote]

Care to elaborate and make sence of this? What did you mean by "main effect" for instance? Now let's see. There are Sun OS and Solaris by Sun, there is IRIX by SGI, there is AIX by IBM and then there are the BSD's including UC BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD then there are the Linux distros,...

Oh yes, there is also OpenUnix by TSG. Where are these increased profits being felt? Which Unix distros? Are not the Linux Distros profiting? Where are the stats? What do they really mean?

Never mind, forget I even asked.
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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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