> I never claimed that partially-open projects could not be > made with Rev. > All I said is that if a purchaser requires a FULLY OPEN > solution, by definition that cannot include Rev (or for that > matter Windows, OS X, or any other non-open parts). > > Partially-open solutions are a separate matter, and the > acceptability of partially-open solutions for a specific > purchasing agent will depend on that purchasing agent's requirements.
Before Microsoft became so big, they had to put their source code in escrow to get very big accounts to buy; those big accounts required this because they didn't want to have a necessary product disappear in a financial crisis. Same with government bodies (and MS still does this). There's nothing wrong with it. Id like to point out here Richard's emphasis of *requirements* vs need/want. What governments and big institutions need/want/require, they can get usually by direct negotiation because of the financial value to the publisher of doing so. My point is, the GPL isnt a necessity for anyone -- it is a "want" driven by near religious fervor. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software, Inc Joining Worlds of Information Deploy True Client-Server Database Solutions Royalty Free with Valentina Developer Network http://www.paradigmasoft.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
