Re: Linus about GPL x BSD(long)

On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Francois Gouget wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> > At 01:39 PM 6/20/2002, Anthony Taylor wrote:
> >
> > >How do you know this?
> >
> > Because I asked him once. He said, and I quote, "It's too late."
> 
> Ah, ah! That's a good one.
> 
> Such a short quote could have any meaning.  But the most likely one
> (which you probably missed) is "GO AWAY". Yeah, that can happen when you
> go bother someone on a tradeshow or on the phone while they are trying
> to work with rants about licenses.

On what basis can you claim this as the "most likely" meaning?  Linus has 
(in years past) certainly indicated a certain indifference to licensing 
issues.  He has said that the only reason he used the GPL was because Linux 
owed so much to GCC, and GCC was under the GPL, so he did it as a sort of 
tribute to GCC.  Now, it's possible he's become a True Believer since then, 
or perhaps the quote above should simply be taken at face value?

Deven

P.S. I'm going out of town for a week, so don't expect me to finish pending 
responses until I get back -- unless I can find access and time from there.