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Date:      Sat, 16 May 1998 01:37:55 GMT
From:      jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: commercial software (definitive)
Message-ID:  <355dec23.77822475@mail.cetlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <199805160119.UAA15070@dyson.iquest.net>
References:  <199805160119.UAA15070@dyson.iquest.net>

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On Fri, 15 May 1998 20:19:07 -0500 (EST), "John S. Dyson"
<toor@dyson.iquest.net> wrote:

>> The limitations appear to be imaginary.  Red Hat and Caldera don't
>> seem to have trouble selling products which include GPLed code.
>> 
>They aren't inventing very much.

For that matter, neither is Walnut Creek.

>The limitations have to do with the redistribution encumberances
>placed upon inventions derived associated with GPLed works (among
>others.)

I like an "encumbrance" which prohibits others from hiding the source
code of derivative works.

>They have made a tradeoff that interferes with conventional business
>plans.

Conventional business has little future in today's fast moving world.

>It is their problem, and doesn't bother me.

Is it really a problem, or a solution?


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