> I wouldn't decline this idea so fast, i think he made a valid point. > If you watch todays software market, especially the battle between the > OSes, you can see Apple as well as M$ aquiring so-called > "Killer-Applications" which shall force people who need that Apps to > move to their OS. Especially what Apple did with Emagic Logic is a > perfect example. > Now if you allow your Open Source Applications to be ported to this > proprietary OSes, you strengthen this behaviour and weaken the Open > Source Movement. People will get your software but will stick with OSX > or whatever cause of this called Killerapps. > And i dont think GPL is not so much about not ppl letting you force to > use special software. IMO its more about sharing and passing knowledge > (great both in a technical but also social/political way) and do better > software by the benefits of it. > Actually i dont know if this new form of GPL is a good idea, but i guess > its worth thinking about it, as you still have the goods of opensource > but just decline the possibility to support Non-Opensource Systems.
My point exactly :-). Just to add a bit onto this issue is that we could still support non-opensource systems, but they would need to purchase the software (see my other e-mail with the Trolltech as an example). Ico
