On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 22:44 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > inode0 wrote: > > > > Would the world be a better place with no GPL and all software created > > by those who now create code under the GPL putting it into the public > > domain instead? > > Microsoft would almost certainly have been displaced years ago by many > other companies building better products containing this code - or at > least have been forced to build much better products to stay > competitive. That alone would have made the world a better place. ---- I doubt that it would have made the world a better place any more than Coca-Cola does (and I'm a loyal Coke drinker).
The fact is, it is not now, nor has it ever been a stated goal to 'displace' Microsoft...at least not by the major Linux players. You've confused your own aspirations with those of various contributors to that which is known as Linux. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
