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The code is covered inder Copyright!
Do you not understand Copyright Law? The license (like the BSD license, MS Shared Source License, etc.) granst you usage of the Copyrighted material. What you are suggesting is Copyright Infringement, depriving people of their work (or possible compensation and contract/employment opportunities), etc. Some of the poeple publishing under the GPL work for some fairly major names (IBM, etc.) and are getting paid for their time.

What youare suggetsing is tahtyou hsould be able to profit from other peoples labors without comepsation. Perhaps you prefer to work for free?
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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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