Glenn Maynard wrote:
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.
I'm not going to argue over a comparison I didn't make myself. You said that
the comparison made no sense at all, and so I was just providing a way you
could link software & t-shirts -- not to endorse that view. But like other
people have said, DFSG#6 obviously can't be applied to _every_ possible group.
After all, are we going to stop distributing software which doesn't run under
Windows because it discriminates against Windows users?
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