Why isn't there some zealot out there who recodes gpl stuff into 
bsd licensed code? That would be a service to developers, at least.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> On Behalf Of Darrin Chandler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:53 PM
> To: chefren
> Cc: misc
> Subject: Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when 
> they publish, not free as in free to do what you want, which 
> is actually what free as in BSD, and real freedom ends at the 
> tip of my nose
> 
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:25:03PM +0200, chefren wrote:
> > On 4/11/07 5:45 PM, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> > >Now that the subject is accurate, it's more obvious than 
> ever that this
> > >discussion doesn't belong here. Not only is it not 
> relevant, but it's
> > >been discussed to death many times, in many places.
> > 
> > Clearly not to death and people here are seriously 
> interested in pro 
> > and contra arguments.
> 
> Just because you're still flogging a horse doesn't mean it's not dead.
> 
> BSD v. GPL is easy to understand:
> 
> If you want to give your code away for whatever purpose, use BSD.
> 
> If you want to enforce your view of "correct" on anyone using 
> your code,
> use GPL.
> 
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