[Sussex] Ok the gauntlets on the floor!

[Geoff Teale]

John D. wrote:

>So, this is, presumably, why "friend Balmer" refered to linux as
>software cancer/software communism not all that long ago.
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>
That I would suggest was him trying to put a nasty spin on the fact that 
if you use GPL source in your program then your program must also be 
licensed under the GPL.  Microsoft much prefer the BSD license, which 
means you can take someones code (which they give to you under the very 
open BSD license) , include it in your project and then charge people a 
lot of money for it whilst not passing on the same rights you so 
graciously recieved.

Imagine this scenario:  farmer A lets farmer B have some cattle feed for 
free, but farmer B charges farmer A for cow dung.

>I wondered, because when I first saw reports of it, I automatically
>"pooh poohed" it as more MS based FUD, and couldn't be bothered to read
>any further.
>  
>
This e-mail already has way too much poo in it.
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Regards
Geoff Teale
Proud resident of West Bedstead,
gateway to the Peoples Republic of Ashurst Wood Nation State (P.R.A.W.N.S.)