On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 09:35, David N. Welton wrote: > Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What I wonder is how many of those authors/copyright-holders have > > actually read the GPL and understand what it really means. -- > > justin > > Probably not the details, but on the other hand, the concept of the > GPL is clever, and the idea of 'not getting ripped off' appeals to > people. > > From the other side of things, GPL'ed libraries have also been a Free > Software Business success story (for example: sleepycat, Qt).
Nah. Sleepycat is BSD-like. The key to success here (just as with e.g. MySQL) is "dual-licensing" which is something you can do if you have some sort of organization that holds the sole copyright of a work. This isn't very practical if you have e.g. the Linux Kernel with hundreds of copyright owners. If you really want an in-depth view on the compatibilities of the various licensing models, look at the Linux kernel module loader and the "tainting" mechanism of the kernel depending on the license of a module. If you feel sick now, stick with another OS. ;-) Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]