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Why use GPL?
This is a perfect reason not too. I don't understand why more companies don't use the BSD license if they wish to use open source code.

Hmmm. This is a touchy subject for fans of open source that are also litigators. On one hand people want to see the GPL spread however on the other hand, the more litigation that occurs the more dangerous it becomes to use GPL. Companies might just avoid it to avoid the lawsuits.

So while the OSS community touts its free software, if they are not careful they just might find that their own license might backfire on them.
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sigh  LinuxHippie | 03/18/05
Weren't you just in the last South Park episode?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/18/05
Some one has to stand up for the little guy.  nucrash | 03/18/05
IBM is a little guy?  seosamh_z | 03/18/05
Now this has gone way way too far!  quietLee | 03/18/05
Before you leave with that bong...  Hugh Jass | 03/18/05
If you don't like it, come on over to a better community  toadlife | 03/19/05
This guy is doing a real service!  DonnieBoy | 03/18/05
Why use GPL?  rkadowns | 03/18/05
Simple:  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/18/05
re: Why use GPL?  Iain_Peters | 03/18/05
BSD is used all the time  george_ou | 03/19/05
FreeBSD used because of it's license?  toadlife | 03/20/05
You are wrong  osreinstall | 03/19/05
I did TOUGH, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, use someone else's code  hipparchus2000 | 03/19/05
Nobody say you have to  bystander_z | 03/20/05
Wheew.  rkadowns | 03/21/05
Defender of the Linux faith  Loverock Davidson | 03/18/05
Cardinal Fang - bring me...... the Comfy Chair!!!  quietLee | 03/18/05
Obviously one of your favorite shows  bystander_z | 03/20/05
There's something wrong with your title  Michael Kelly | 03/18/05
re:Defender of the Linux faith  Iain_Peters | 03/18/05
The GPL has already been tried in court.  B.O.F.H. | 03/18/05
So, that puts you and ZDNet into the same category  bystander_z | 03/20/05
Ah, the double standard  seosamh_z | 03/20/05
Defender of his copyright would be more accurate ...  George Mitchell | 03/18/05
By some it would  rapson | 03/18/05
You're probably the most likely candidate  bystander_z | 03/20/05
Did Linux do this to you? (NT)  seosamh_z | 03/20/05
Wow!  toadlife | 03/20/05
There is no GPL code in MS products  osreinstall | 03/20/05
RE: Defender of his copyright would be more accurate ...  richdave | 03/18/05
Here we just have a case of  Hugh Jass | 03/18/05
Re: Biased reporters  George Mitchell | 03/18/05
It's worse  Hugh Jass | 03/18/05
Here ya go Hugh a little diversion  Squawkbox | 03/18/05
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRDDDD  Mike B_z | 03/18/05
Sincerely I am concerned  Squawkbox | 03/18/05
you appear to have something wrong with your keyboard  hipparchus2000 | 03/19/05
To quote Triumph: "he looks like some kind of super nerd" LOL  Mike B_z | 03/21/05
Do you know why so many things are going wrong?  Vily Clay | 03/18/05
The Patriot Act does not work  Squawkbox | 03/18/05
Squawkbox, are your brains completely dead or not yet? (NT)  Vily Clay | 03/19/05
The system is working  osreinstall | 03/18/05
You said ? ?Life is not fair.? So, do whatever you want, right? No laws? NT  Vily Clay | 03/19/05
Vily, Reality is not that bad  osreinstall | 03/19/05
And what is good in the double standards = no laws = anarchy? (NT)  Vily Clay | 03/19/05
Only listen to the good voices!  osreinstall | 03/19/05
If someone like you has problems with hearing ? what then? (NT)  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
You need a checkup from the neckup!  osreinstall | 03/20/05
osreinstall, do you love anarchy because you have no brains or what? (NT)  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Vily you ARE the Anarchist!!!  osreinstall | 03/20/05
Surprise ? osreinstall has a parrot syndrome ? he repeats me.  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Recipe for disaster  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/19/05
John, you're right and wrong  hipparchus2000 | 03/19/05
oh and it seems there are models where people make money from free software  hipparchus2000 | 03/19/05
Making money  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/19/05
Where's the "disaster"?  whisperycat | 03/20/05
Again..  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/20/05
According to Abraham Lincoln - the GPL matches with the American Way.  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Pragmatics  Roger Ramjet | 03/21/05
John do you really have no clue what to do with the GPL? (NT)  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
RE:Making money  delerious | 03/20/05
Never said he's not within his rights...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/19/05
John, the world is not what it was  hipparchus2000 | 03/19/05
The poor artist argument  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/20/05
cameras did away with a lot of professional painters  hipparchus2000 | 03/20/05
RE:Never said he's not within his rights...  delerious | 03/20/05
If we?ll look around ? John is in not the one who loves double standards.  Vily Clay | 03/19/05
Breath calmly...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/19/05
wise to threaten at same time as promoting...  hipparchus2000 | 03/19/05
We'll see  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/20/05
educate, and newbies  hipparchus2000 | 03/20/05
But it is important  seosamh_z | 03/20/05
Granted  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/20/05
no religion, people just want what the GPL gives  hipparchus2000 | 03/20/05
John, how many standards ? ?  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Read My Post  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/20/05
"What is the goal of the GPL?" Cooperation for growth. (NT)  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Mr C you are locked into a single, outdated, world view  whisperycat | 03/21/05
RE:Recipe for disaster  delerious | 03/20/05
Much too your chagrin and others I am doing well  Squawkbox | 03/19/05
Vilay the above message is just for you.  Squawkbox | 03/19/05
Do you have dual personality - Squawkbox and Vilay?  Vily Clay | 03/19/05
You prove that every day!  osreinstall | 03/19/05
I can swap verbal barbs with you  Squawkbox | 03/19/05
Thus, Squawkbox and osreinstall ? ...  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Post on topic for a change  osreinstall | 03/20/05
osreinstall, are you a 3 or 5 year old child?  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Nice try Bulls Eye, ya missed the mark again  Squawkbox | 03/20/05
This guy never posts on topic  osreinstall | 03/20/05
Hey osreinstall  Squawkbox | 03/20/05
I told you believe the ability to write does replace the ability to think.  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
Hey Vily  Squawkbox | 03/20/05
Generally ? I fight for a Free Society, my opponents ? for a Police State.  Vily Clay | 03/20/05
License, need no stinking license  FilledOut | 03/19/05
well a close second  hipparchus2000 | 03/20/05
Linux V.S. Microsoft and it's alliance.  Altimit | 03/19/05
Wrong talkback  seosamh_z | 03/20/05
RE: Wrong talkback  Altimit | 03/21/05
He should look @ vericept  Suicida| | 03/19/05

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