At 10:41 AM 4/26/2000, Thomas Sailer wrote:
>Brett Glass wrote:
>
> > It relates to the discussion. Philips might be more inclined to reveal
> > technical information to a project which used the BSD or X license,
>
>I have never seen a _PAPER_MANUAL_ with either a BSD or X license,
>so this is moot. We're not asking for code, we're asking for
>documentation.
The issue is not the license under which the documentation is released
(it could all be copyrighted by Philips -- as most manuals are -- and
it would still facilitate the creation of software).
What does matter is the nature of the group requesting its release. If
that group is seen as anti-business (and the GPL is the tool of the FSF,
which is rabidly anti-business and even goes so far as to advocate banning
good wages for programmers), Philips is unlikely to be swayed. If I
were an executive in such a company, I certainly wouldn't help a group
which was engaged in a vendetta against my interests.
--Brett Glass
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