> From: Ken Hornstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 15:37:00 -0400
>
> >> Probably so that it can more easily be bundled with a commercial Unix,
> >> as has happened with other versions of MH in the past. Most companies
> >> tend to be a bit put off by the GPL.
> >
> >They are put off by it if they want to use the source for there own
> >needs.
>
> I take it you have never given the GPL to a lawyer to read?
>
> They go apeshit.
>
> They _really really_ don't like it.
and this is an argument against GPL???
Of course they don't like it. GPL is a virus. It infects all other software
it touches. In order to use it, you have to GPL the rest of your code.
That's why they don't like it and it's also why other folks do like it. It
all depends on what "ownership" you claim for the software you want to bundle
it with.
Chris
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