On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 at 00:08, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > Not to be sounding like a heretic, but you need not GPL everything you > need to offer. There has been serious discussions as to why or why not > GPL, and though some companies like SGI and IBM has somehow embraced > GPL, there are some others who utilized less-forceful licenses (like the > BSD license) due to cruel economic realities. Of course there's always a > place for free software (and personally I prefer free software if it is > of superior quality than the others). There's really money in GPLd > solutions- it's just that the economic slump we're all in right now > crunches damned hard. Some still view the GPL as a bit too restrictive.
Dek, ang lakas ng impluwensya mo. Hahaha. If this sounds "greek" to the rest of the list it's because the rest of the list hasn't joined us in IRC lately (hehehe, drama konti). Eric Pareja posted a neat URL lately that may be worth re-mentioning: <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html>. Brief: the GPL is great, but it may not be for everything. Read on for more. :) --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key: http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
