Hyman Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Rjack wrote: >> falsely convincing innocent programmers that the GPL >> license can steal their exclusive rights granted to > > them by under 17 USC 106. > > What in the world are you talking about? How can a license > steal anything? The only way anyone's work falls under the > GPL is if they voluntarily place it under the GPL. > > You seem very confused.
That's the old microsoft "linux is a cancer" fud they tried pushing a few years ago, where they tried to convince people that if you used open source software all your software would need to be opened too. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | [email protected] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you| | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. | | Andrew Halliwell BSc |Consider how lucky you are that life has been | | in |good to you so far... | | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.| _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
