GPL and economics
Roland <[email protected]>
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Just want to add my 0.5$ We all are discussing potential future damage of the *GPL. Let us for a moment consider the damage that has actually bee DONE by proprietary licensing. Consider for example the case of M$ Windows(thats why we all are in this list anyway). How comes that one proprietary software giant can have a monopolistic hold on the entire world of computing forcing thousands of companies through upgrade cycles, etc... Stop pointing your fingers on the *GPL. It seems that everyone takes the damage done by M$ as something natural. I doubt that the damage the GPL will do, if any will ever compare to what was caused my monopolistic practices based on proprietary licenses... I dare you to show me any damage of the GPL that is comparable. I think its not only M$, proprietary software of other vendors can also have adverse effect. Did you know that some software companies go bankrupt and leave their customers without any support? Since they don't have access to the source code of the programs, they have to buy another proprietary solution and start from square one... Nice, isn't it? Roland