Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:23:26 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun's web site Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000817232139.04cf0840@localhost> In-Reply-To: <399C29DF.D78B117@mail.ptd.net> References: <20000816221119.B7276@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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At 12:07 PM 8/17/2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: >Companies probably prefer BSD (meaning the license) to GPL when they are >using other people's code, but when they are opening their own code, the >might well prefer GPL. Managment is probably worried that if they use >BSD on their code, some other company might make a profit from it, which >would get management in trouble with their stockholders for essentially >giving away a valuable asset. If they use GPL however, then they are >guaranteed that they will be able to use whatever modifications the >other company is using to make its profit. This is short-sighted thinking. The fact is that once they put their code under the GPL, they can NEVER make a profit from it even though they still hold the copyright. The GPL's "poison pill" works as much against them as against competitors. The GPL really should be called the PPL, for "Poison Pill License." --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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