> I apologise. No problem. It's easy to get all worked up over licensing issues, depends on your politics. :-)
>From my side, I'm kinda sitting here in amazement, watching how a list that was so GPL-advocate a few weeks ago during the last license debate turned so "who-cares-about-the-GPL,-let's-back-Digium's-position". Especially since we had a very interesting segue in that discussion that led into a debate about RHEL, and how companies might try to circumvent the intent of the GPL while abiding by the letter of the license. I don't have anything at all against Digium, of course, and certainly we all appreciate Mark's efforts. However, I do feel that the intent of the GPL is important. It's an interesting idea, probably even a great idea if it was an ideal world, where no one had to code for a living. In this case, I do see the intent of the GPL being bent, and I believe that there are questions that should at /least/ be asked. To hide it all away from the light of day is unfair to new contributors. To pull it out in the open and examine it is a reasonable thing to do. We don't need to end up liking it, after all, but knowing what is going on is still important. So, for that, I apologize as well, but I simultaneously submit that I believe it in everyone's best interest to be aware of the variance from typical free software practices, and to think about what that means. > Can we establish a "GPL Viloation" list somewhere so this can be > continuted there? Well, if nothing else, we can all certainly agree that the original subject matter is a most heinous violation of the GPL. :-) ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users