Quoting Chris Travers (ch...@metatrontech.com): > I would second that. I would add that there is a huge difference > between, say, the FSF suing Apple over an Objective C plugin to the > GCC and large for-profit software and service houses suing eachother > over the license.
Quibble: It wasn't Apple but rather NeXT, Inc., and the matter came nowhere near litigation. FSF merely brought to NeXT's attention their need to cease violating gcc copyright by either shipping the ObjC front-end processor in binary form only or releasing source code under the required licence, and Steve Jobs pretty quickly opted for the latter. -- Rick Moen "It is important to close all parentheses. We've r...@linuxmafia.com all been trapped in a Mike Royko aside since 1978." McQ! (4x80) -- FakeAPStylebook _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
