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Date:      Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:33:02 +0200
From:      Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        bright@wintelcom.net, davids@webmaster.com, brett@lariat.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, walton@nordicrecords.com
Subject:   Re: Berkeley removes Advertising Clause
Message-ID:  <19990908113302.24553@ns.int.ftf.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909080052.RAA16284@usr06.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 12:52:55AM %2B0000
References:  <19990903111035.34383@ns.int.ftf.net> <199909080052.RAA16284@usr06.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert writes:

> In point of fact, the danger lies in two areas:
> 
> 1)	Dilution of intellectual property rights, specifically
> 	implicit grants of license to use process patents when
> 	the patented process is embodied in software.

	Right -- also called a "brain drain" or "money drain" :-)

> 2)	Commercial companies expect to benefit from expenditures,
> 	to the point of recovering them, plus some profit margin.

	[...]

	Fair enough, and a good explanation.

> > 	There was a very good interview (in one Login of L. Peter Deutsch about 
> > 	his writing Ghostscript, and why he regretted using the GPL).
> 
> I would be interested in obtaining a pointer to this interview, if
> you have it.

	I will look it up on the usenix site.

> Can you provide one example of a monumental undertaking which would
> not exist without the GPL?  

	Not offhand, no -- I will try and find some though :-)

	Mind you, I was in no way trying to defend the GPL -- I was merely
	hoping someone would come out and make things clear (the way you
	just did).


-- 
Division by Zero error -- multiplying by zero to recover.


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