Re: Again: list of advantages of the xGPL

At 09:29 AM 6/13/02 -0500, Sean C. Farley wrote:
>On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:27, Roland wrote:
>
> > At 09:09 AM 6/13/02 -0500, Sean C. Farley wrote:
> > >On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:01, Roland wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 07:44 AM 6/13/02 -0500, Sean C. Farley wrote:
> > > > >As I see it, GNU licenses try to get people to share by using the law
> > > > >while BSD licenses try to get people to share by example.  I rather
> > > > >set an example for people to follow and have them follow than force
> > > > >them into it.  The problem with forcing people into it is that you
> > > > >are not
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if you live in the same world as I...
> > >
> > >I do.  It may be hard to set an example, but I never claimed it was.
> > >You can choose an easy way (GPL) or a hard way (BSDL).  I just think
> > >the hard way is better in the long term.
> >
> > The point I was trying to make is not if its hard or easy, but if it
> > will have any effect at all. First I doubt that most people will
> > understand you are giving an example. Even if you do I wonder if they
> > will follow it. At least I don't know any case where a company
> > followed this example. Usually when they released the code it was in
> > their own interest...
>
>Apple did.  In the case of Apple, they released it without any interest
>for themselves.  It only would help others to release it, but they did
>anyway.

Do you mean the non-strategic code of the OS X? Well in that case I think 
they released it to benefit from the improvements made...this is obvious...

Roland