[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 06:36:36PM -0500, Todd Walton wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:55 PM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The GPL discourages* businesses from producing software
Google put $5.6 million into this year's Summer of Code. Red Hat just
reported $500 million quarterly profits, and they make plenty of GPLd
software. IBM makes GPLd code. Sun makes GPLd code, and god knows
they're even stodgier than IBM these days.
I don't see how the GPL is discouraging business from producing
software, and I don't see how we should care if it is.
SJS doesn't like GPL so therefore you *must* be wrong.
QED
Ahem. The capitalization of companies that produce proprietary software
is at least one order of magnitude larger than companies that produce
GPL software *even if I exclude Microsoft*.
And, you know what, I'd probably argue *two* orders of magnitude, and I
might even be able to justify *three* orders of magnitude.
Successful GPL software companies are the exception, not the rule.
Next time, try to add something substantive to the discussion.
-a
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