>> Sony is the antithesis of "good citizen" in every possible way. > Then why are they making Toybox open? Is anybody suing them to do that? No.
Your premises are wrong. Toybox wasn't made by Sony. Toybox was made by Rob Landley. Sony is merely *using* Toybox. They chose to do so because Toybox's license is more permissive than Busybox's. > Toybox being open source is proof that parts of Sony are good > citizens, and they would probably be contributing to Busybox if it > wasn't because of the SFC. No. Toybox being open source is proof that Rob is a good citizen; and Sony's decision to use it instead of Busybox is proof that big companies are afraid of the GPL and *will* choose non-copylefted open source software if there is an alternative. The day Sony releases some open source software will be champagne for everyone. But this day won't happen in the current decade, oh no. -- Laurent _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
