"Study: GPL loses ground in open source development By Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK Thursday, July 02, 2009 02:53 PM
The GNU General Public Licence is falling in popularity, according to figures released by Black Duck that looked at all versions of the GPL as a whole. At the same time, Microsoft's open source software license, MS-PL, is gaining ground in the open source realm, the company said in a report Tuesday. . . Black Duck attributed the decline in the GPL's dominance to "pragmatism" on the part of software developers and users, who are increasingly moving to licenses that place fewer restrictions on how the code may be used." http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62055659,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw We see: "... increasingly moving to licenses that place fewer restrictions on how the code may be used" (supra). So much for fraudulently attempting to redefine the meaning of "free" in the English language. No one except for wingnut GNUtians really believes the GPL is "free" as in "freedom". Sincerely, Rjack _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
