[Gllug] just preaching to the converted !

[Simon Morris]

On 22/10/05, Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Simon Morris writes:
>
> >1) Software should be free for anyone to use as long as they respect
> >the GPL. We can't pick and choose who this freedom applies to. As long
> >as MS respect the conditions of the GPL there is no problem.
>
> So the problem is? Do you have any evidence that MS are *not* respecting
> the terms of the GPL?

No, I have no evidence either way :)

My point was as long as they *do* respect the GPL they should be able
to use the software as well as the rest of us.

However I don't think the GPL allows code to be used in a wider
non-free application which is why MS used BSD licenced code for it's
IP stack.

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