>> It is forced to do it because of GPL. It obeys GPL :)
>> The problem is not that GPL Forces people to share but in doing so it does not fit into the category of "Free Software" Stuffs that comes with BSDL is Free. But the Derivatives may not be. GPL ensures that the software is Free. Also the derived works are also Free. So the word 'Free' becomes more true in the case of GPL On 8 November 2011 15:51, Siju George <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Siju George <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Basil Kurian <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Siju, > >> > >> I can get entire source code of RHEL It is provided by RedHat. > > RHEL and Apple are following differrent business models. > Redhat uses us as a testbed where as apple does not do that for all > its products. > > The problem is not that GPL Forces people to share but in doing so it > does not fit into the category of "Free Software" it is all about > control and politics as it progresses. > > Here is what you get from the mouth of glibc developer Ulrich. > > http://www.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2001-August/002942.html > > and why others are changing from GPL to BSD/MIT/ISC type of licencing > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5935 > > GPL is a kind of monopoly in disguise but few people recognize it for > what it is! > > --Siju > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Regards Basil Kurian
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