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Make it truly free and remove the GPL
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Yeah, Yeah...  Tim Patterson | 09/09/05
Hey...  Anti_Zealot | 09/09/05
I don't think Gartner considers you, your friends and ...  ShadeTree | 09/09/05
Linux is only 1 Open Source OS!  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
RE: Yeah, Yeah...  HerbieHightower | 09/09/05
Report: Open source years from mainstream  Loverock Davidson | 09/09/05
Linux is not open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
I can see all the source code  voska | 09/09/05
I can see the space shuttle, I can't use it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Can you now  voska | 09/09/05
Email won't allow something that large.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
I'll give you my FTP site  voska | 09/09/05
bitty never changes  bystander_z | 09/11/05
But you can use it!  Loverock Davidson | 09/09/05
Actually, you really can use it  tic swayback | 09/09/05
Thats cool  Loverock Davidson | 09/09/05
Wasn't all that difficult  tic swayback | 09/09/05
Cool!  Mark Miller | 09/09/05
RE: I can see all the source code  nightshade0143 | 09/09/05
No he is an idot and it seems you are as well  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/09/05
Did you mean "idiot"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Yes I meant idiot...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
Tell me something, Axey.  Judas I. | 09/09/05
I'd rate that a 1.5 on the insult scale.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
You think that was an INSULT? With that comment ...  Judas I. | 09/09/05
I'm not sure you're getting it  brble | 09/09/05
Who the heck mentioned IBM?  Judas I. | 09/09/05
There are others helping to move Linux as well...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/09/05
My point was...  brble | 09/09/05
You really don't get it  bystander_z | 09/11/05
I think I used the wrong subject line  brble | 09/12/05
What a useless little rant, this is not about Microsoft.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
If he needs to sit  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
What, what? Excuse me Axey, got so busy with ...  Judas I. | 09/12/05
Why?  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/09/05
Re: Linux is not open source.  none none | 09/09/05
Stay tuned..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Maybe so  IT_User | 09/09/05
What problem are you having with reading the source code?  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
Who cares if it's mot useable.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
So you just want to use other people copyrighted code...  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
Make it truly free and remove the GPL  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
The code is covered inder Copyright!  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
Re: Make it truly free and remove the GPL  none none | 09/09/05
BOFH, not when placed into public domain.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Odd, I have no trouble use Open Office  voska | 09/09/05
Trouble using it? Why would I even load it up?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Put down what you can't understand  voska | 09/09/05
What's to understand, it's a very simple set of apps.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
So use something else  IT_User | 09/09/05
Use somethnig else. You sound a lot like MS  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
No, MS sounds like me  IT_User | 09/10/05
Does the fact  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/09/05
You're the one that can't deal with it  bystander_z | 09/11/05
reading your posts anymore...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
reading your posts anymore...  none none | 09/09/05
No lie at all and I defy you to show otherwise.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
hmmm , wake up dude  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
You mean like Red Hat and IBM make money from Encumbered Source?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
re:You mean like Red Hat and IBM make money from Encumbered Source?  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
Are you suggesting no one sells Linux sans add ons?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
What's that have to with being open?  voska | 09/09/05
No  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/09/05
Change it, break it  A.Sinic | 09/12/05
Re: No lie at all and I defy you to show otherwise.  none none | 09/09/05
Whoa up there little one, I don't claim to be "open" in anyway.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Re: Whoa up there little one, I don't claim to be "open" in anyway.  none none | 09/09/05
Show me where I lied?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
None None, has "none" tho say.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Re: Show me where I lied?  bystander_z | 09/11/05
How is that encumbered?  Sabz5150 | 09/09/05
A license IS an encumberance?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
What I find so hard to grasp is this  Sabz5150 | 09/09/05
Mandatory Sharing  osreinstall | 09/09/05
Is Windows "encumbered source" as well?  tic swayback | 09/09/05
Absolutely, they make no clain to the contrary.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Then I'll expect you to refer to it as such in the future (nt)  tic swayback | 09/09/05
Don't hold your breath waiting on it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
My mistake  tic swayback | 09/10/05
RE: My mistake  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
Re: My mistake  none none | 09/10/05
bitty is confused, as usual  bystander_z | 09/11/05
Re: Are you suggesting no one sells Linux sans add ons?  bystander_z | 09/11/05
Do me a favor and don't read them.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
if you weren't spreading bull  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
What bull? It is in fact encumbered by the GPL.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
not ranting  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
Tell, if I change/use the code, am I REQUIRED to give it away?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
YOuwould prefer unlicensed usage of Copyrighted code?  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
Why not, I mean if it's "Open" and "Free"..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Oops, a minor differnece.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Re: What bull? It is in fact encumbered by the GPL.  none none | 09/09/05
RE: What bull? It is in fact encumbered by the GPL  nightshade0143 | 09/09/05
NonE None, again show me where I said any such thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Re: NonE None, again show me where I said any such thing.  none none | 09/10/05
No_Ax does have a point.  osreinstall | 09/09/05
No_Ax is a Copyright infringer!  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
What's the point?  IT_User | 09/09/05
BOFH I think you don't get at what he was saying.  osreinstall | 09/09/05
But not outsiders that you are trying to win over.  osreinstall | 09/09/05
If No_Ax doesn't like the choice of licence by the Copyright owner  B.O.F.H. | 09/09/05
osreinstall, you hit it spot on.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Re: osreinstall, you hit it spot on.  none none | 09/10/05
Re: No_Ax does have a point.  none none | 09/10/05
Fanatic agnosticism?  Jay Cash | 09/10/05
No, Jay  IT_User | 09/10/05
Re: No, Jay  none none | 09/10/05
BOFH you are full of crap  osreinstall | 09/10/05
You other clowns, I was resonding to Monkey  osreinstall | 09/10/05
Re: You other clowns, I was resonding to Monkey  none none | 09/10/05
Your done done  osreinstall | 09/10/05
How can we not?  bystander_z | 09/11/05
Encimbered is what it is, and that's what I will call it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
FACT, Linux is Encumbered by the GPL terms.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
FACT MS shard Source is encumbered too  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
Glad to see you agree with me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
i don't see GPL as encumbered  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
One man's medicine...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Re: One man's medicine...  none none | 09/10/05
Re:FACT, Linux is Encumbered by the GPL terms.  none none | 09/09/05
If you assert a "fact"  IT_User | 09/09/05
No, a tiny minority have participated, the others know better.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Your "tiny minority"  IT_User | 09/10/05
Re: No, a tiny minority have participated, the others know better.  none none | 09/10/05
Stop crying aboutthe authosr choice of liense.  B.O.F.H. | 09/10/05
Look slow one, no one is stealong anything.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Re: Look slow one, no one is stealong anything.  none none | 09/10/05
Under Copyright Law and Intellectual Property Law, it is infringement.  B.O.F.H. | 09/10/05
So saith the pitbull at the junkyard !  osreinstall | 09/10/05
only one crying is bitty  bystander_z | 09/11/05
Let me guess  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/09/05
Now that's the supidest remark I've seen you make yet  NemesisNL | 09/11/05
Uh oh, lost yer dictionary, did ya, Rockhead?  Judas I. | 09/09/05
and in other news.. Gartner...  doh123 | 09/09/05
Sour Grapes huh?  just^me | 09/09/05
Does anyone take Gartner seriously anymore  voska | 09/09/05
Yes.  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
Gartner used be good  voska | 09/09/05
Only business's  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
When taken with a grain of salt  IT_User | 09/09/05
Isn't that true of every "report"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Well that explains it!!!  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
I agree  opensourcepro | 09/09/05
Questionable study...  Mike Cox | 09/09/05
Wow.  opensourcepro | 09/09/05
Mike, I heard...  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
A key sentence  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
Oh, and...  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
Exactly  opensourcepro | 09/09/05
Not sure what the relevance is  IT_User | 09/09/05
Why?  opensourcepro | 09/09/05
It's all false  Boot_Agnostic | 09/09/05
wow boot, you got all of that  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
You don't rant when they something positive about Linux.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
He doesn't need to  IT_User | 09/09/05
Is that your best, "retort"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Not at all  IT_User | 09/10/05
I'll give you that one  NemesisNL | 09/11/05
Mainstream? So what is 'mainstream'?  George Mitchell | 09/09/05
They don't want to argue with you George, you make too much sense.  DonnieBoy | 09/09/05
Hype? You mean like saying it's "free"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
It is free boy  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
ROFL!  Chad_z | 09/09/05
In the part of the report not quoted...  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
Do you have any idea ....  voska | 09/09/05
What?  opensourcepro | 09/09/05
Not understanding the argument.  DemonX | 09/09/05
I agree, but do NOT call it "Open" or "Free".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
Who made you the word sheriff?  tic swayback | 09/09/05
No, the elephants are encumbered.  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
No, my window is encumbered  tic swayback | 09/09/05
Your window is open and pleased to greet the world...  Anton Philidor | 09/09/05
Silly Anton  tic swayback | 09/09/05
should be interesting tic  Monkey_MCSE | 09/09/05
Same folks that said "Shared Source" was misleading.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/05
What is misleadng about "Shred Source"?  B.O.F.H. | 09/10/05
Re: Same folks that said "Shared Source" was misleading.  bystander_z | 09/12/05
Free to use - not to package and sell.  maxo_z | 09/09/05
Correction  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/09/05
Are you sure?  DemonX | 09/09/05
Oh thats right!  DemonX | 09/09/05
You are correct.. (NT)  widge_z | 09/09/05
Maybe This Will Help  Ole Man | 02/01/07
Don't be ridiculous ...  George Mitchell | 09/09/05
So you agree it is anything but "free".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Still wrong  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
For me, its free ... but its not free for people like you ...  George Mitchell | 09/10/05
Background  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/09/05
I was Inclined to respond to him  Ole Man | 02/01/07
Did they tak to Google when working on this report????  DonnieBoy | 09/09/05
Some don't understand...  Tim Patterson | 09/09/05
Open Source...Not yet!  macaso | 09/09/05
The report is correct  michael_t | 09/09/05
Hmmm - Gartner "hype cycle" says Linux Mid-tier Apps 0 to 2 years out...  Plain Logic | 09/09/05
You're right George  Richard Flude | 09/09/05
Microsoft sees the writing on the wall . . .  Plain Logic | 09/10/05
LEt me help, this is an article about Linux, not MS.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Who is one of Garters largest funding authorities?  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
Again, the infantile No-Ax resorts to name calling...  Plain Logic | 09/10/05
Please stay away from "mainstream"!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 09/10/05
The Cox watch 2!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 09/10/05
Somebody had to look up the word free.  osreinstall | 09/10/05
Why do you care so ardently?  IT_User | 09/10/05
Tired of the bull  osreinstall | 09/10/05
So our industry is fundamentally flawed?  IT_User | 09/10/05
Pretty much so.  osreinstall | 09/10/05
Again with the word games?  B.O.F.H. | 09/10/05
A self serving definition  osreinstall | 09/10/05
Face it you and your buddy  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/10/05
You are wrong haggis breath  osreinstall | 09/10/05
"3-5% of the population"?? . . . BZZZZT . . . Wrong again...  Plain Logic | 09/11/05
That is right  osreinstall | 09/11/05
This goes back to 1971.  B.O.F.H. | 09/10/05
I thought it was the late 80s  osreinstall | 09/10/05
The GPL is only a usage license.  B.O.F.H. | 09/11/05
Ok, I thought GPL was your baby  osreinstall | 09/11/05
osreinstall, at least try and get the date right!  B.O.F.H. | 09/11/05
Read 4.4BSD instead of 3rd party opinion pieces.  osreinstall | 09/11/05
BSD 4.4 was in 1992, BSD 4.3 was in 1990...  B.O.F.H. | 09/11/05
I only pulled it from their site  osreinstall | 09/11/05
RE: That is right  Monkey_MCSE | 09/11/05
No Unix screwed the pooch instead.  osreinstall | 09/11/05
It is free  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
No it isn't  osreinstall | 09/11/05
Oh yes it is~  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
Only in your deluded religious mind.  osreinstall | 09/11/05
Sorry, I beg to differ...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
You are good at begging  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Still don't get it do you nancy boy...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
You fell for it, not me.  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Still wrong...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Whatever gets you thru the night.  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Now the truth comes out!  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
You have just excluded the word "free" from our vocabulary ...  George Mitchell | 09/11/05
You are starting to catch on Grasshopper  osreinstall | 09/11/05
LOL  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
Whatever Sheepdip  osreinstall | 09/11/05
interesting you should mention misleading..  Monkey_MCSE | 09/11/05
All clergy get mad when you prove their religion is false.  osreinstall | 09/11/05
RE: All clergy get mad when you prove their religion is false.  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
Stupid Rant  osreinstall | 09/11/05
You and your boytoy  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
Your bold statements say otherwise!  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Bold statements? In your mind maybe...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
You are name calling  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Oh, now we are in grade school... well you started it  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Didn't you know?  Ole Man | 02/01/07
There is no misleading...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
All advertising is bull.  osreinstall | 09/11/05
Ha!  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/11/05
You are arrogant  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Poor lil nancy boy...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
You are blinded pond jumper  osreinstall | 09/12/05
No lassie, tis you that is blinded... blinded by corporate greed  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Hey, troll...  Fred Fredrickson | 09/12/05
Hey, Nutball  osreinstall | 09/12/05
You seem to be wrong here  bystander_z | 09/12/05
Another one that needs a dictionary.  osreinstall | 09/12/05
So your the  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Who knows what is in haggis  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Have some haggis recipes.  B.O.F.H. | 09/12/05
Sheep guts I'll pass  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Gee can't even get the name right can ya!?  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
They also are very stubborn  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Stubborn... yes, quiet... usually  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Any good Scot can tell ya what's in haggis.  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Scots don't bother me, you do  osreinstall | 09/12/05
Well isn't that nice...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Under my skin. Not quite  osreinstall | 09/12/05
In all seriousness...  Linux Guy 1000 | 09/12/05
Funny, we've been running our company on it for years...  JonathonDoe | 09/12/05
And, to your company's thought out and researched process  Boot_Agnostic | 09/12/05
No Creditability  Sheeva | 09/15/05
Never read such tripe in my life!  Ole Man | 02/01/07

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