Maybe at this point, what's really needed is something -stricter- than the GPL. Companies are already starting to walk all over the spirit-- if not the letter-- of the GPL...just one idea, eh?
On 1 Dec 1999, Henning Makholm wrote: > Caspian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd just like to state that if anyone out there is interested in making a > > completely, utterly free software GNU/Linux dist, with a license that > > prohibits putzen like those at Corel from pulling the sort of nonsense > > they've been pulling, > > Note that you won't be able to include any GPLed software in your > distribution if you want to make restrictions about how and when > other people or corporations are allowed to redistribute it. > > -- > Henning Makholm "Hør, hvad er det egentlig > der ikke kan blive ved med at gå?" > -- = Jon "Caspian" Blank, right-brained computer programmer at large = .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | Freelance coder and Unix geek / Founder, The Web Union (twu.net) | | Information wants to be free! Visit www.gnu.org. | | WANTED: Writers who share the GNU philosophy. www.forsmarties.net. | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://caspian.twu.net | | Send a short message to my cell phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `--------------------------------------------------------------------'
