On 12/09/2010 04:44 AM, Miroslav Pokorny wrote:
This has nothing to do w/ the GPL. The same problems occur w/
commerical s/w licenses - everyone has different rules defined, about
how many users can use it ever, at once, on certain days, what is a
user and so on. That is mostly nothing to do w/ licensing or the GPL
but more about business and its objectives. Im not sure why you
mention executives, what have they got to do w/ the GPL, is this a
coding exerciuse for them ?
While I disagree with Cedric about the relationship GPLv2 - patents
(well, rather than disagree I'd say I'm still confused), I agree about
the fact that it's a problematic license. It's right, all the big
customers I have prohibit GPL because of its viral attitude, and because
it seems that nobody has got a final word about what the implications of
infringing it (possibly in bona fide) has. While it would be normal to
pay a fine (I mean, it happens every time you violate a law), there's
still the hypothesis that a GPLv2 violation forces you to release all
your code which is scary for a private business.
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