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To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>
Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>,
        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>,
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Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release)
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 08 Feb 1999 16:06:46 +0100
In-Reply-To: "Jasper O'Malley"'s message of "Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:38:22 -0600 (CST)"
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"Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> writes:
> Yes, but realize there that people who use the BSD license are making a
> rational decision to give away valuable work. People who use GPL simply
> don't want anyone else to take their valuable, freely-given work, close
> the development, add proprietary extensions, and make gobs of money.

If that was really their only motivation, they'd use something
non-contagious. The contagion element of the GPL buys the developer
nothing; it's there solely to prevent other people from making money
from their own hard work.

The primary motivation for using the GPL is the same as a sheep's
motivation for following the flock, or a lemming's motivation for
jumping into the water. There's this tall bearded guy up front who
says the world will be a better place if they follow him, and Ghod
forbid that they should spend the energy to form thoughts of their
own.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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