On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:59:04AM +0200, Keith Dunwoody wrote: > I think this is the link: Some people (software companies) prefer not to > license their code under the GPL, therefore they reject using GPL'd code. > Other people prefer to not wear clothes, therefore they reject free > t-shirts.
No. Proprietary software authors don't not use GPL code because they prefer not to. They don't use it because the GPL prohibits them from doing so. Free t-shirts are irrelevant. The GPL very deliberately discriminates against proprietary software, in the interests of free software. We just can't read DFSG#6 that broadly. -- Glenn Maynard