On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> On February 19, 2002 09:04 am, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:

> Under the GPL Having exclusive copyright just means that you can relicense 
> later stuff if you want.  I'm not clear on why FSF considers it so important
> but for Linux it just means that nobody, not even Linus, can ever release
> under a new license (e.g., the BSD license).  So actually, having multiple 
> copyright holders is a good thing for you, it protects your investment in GPL 
> capital better.  I say, if Microsoft employees want to contribute to Linux, 
> the more the merrier.  Heck, even billg is going to wake up on day (with a 
> start, in the middle of the night) and realize which way the wind is blowing. 
> Steve Jobs did.

So did IBM, SCO, HP and Sun. We shall see what transpires...

-- 
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.


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