On 6 Jan 2005 20:07:19 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: >>Nope. That is not what I'm arguing. Really, I think you have >>jumped to conclusion about that: I merely pointed out that >>I don't like what I perceive as end effect of what GPL license >>writers are attempting to achieve: vendor lock-in. >> >>I think I stated that clearly. > >And my counter-argument is that I believe your perception is wrong. If >I agreed with your focus on lock-in, I'd say that what the GPL is trying >to lock in is a specific legal philosophy by subverting the existing >system.
If it finally turns out that I'm wrong on this and GPL does not have that kind of economic "vendor lock-in" _effect_ behind it (note: effect, not intent), I will be only happy to see that. Re subverting existing legal philosophy, I could not care less. Obviously the only reason that I argued that way is that given the info that I have it simply looks like that from my viewpoint. -- It's a man's life in a Python Programming Association. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list