Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] New form of GPL licence that protects Linuxfrom proprietary world [was: New powermacs?]t
From: Ivica Bukvic (ico_AT_fuse.net)
Date: Sun Jun 22 2003 - 05:19:21 EEST
> I wouldn't decline this idea so fast, i think he made a valid point.
> If you watch todays software market, especially the battle between the
> OSes, you can see Apple as well as M$ aquiring so-called
> "Killer-Applications" which shall force people who need that Apps to
> move to their OS. Especially what Apple did with Emagic Logic is a
> perfect example.
> Now if you allow your Open Source Applications to be ported to this
> proprietary OSes, you strengthen this behaviour and weaken the Open
> Source Movement. People will get your software but will stick with OSX
> or whatever cause of this called Killerapps.
> And i dont think GPL is not so much about not ppl letting you force to
> use special software. IMO its more about sharing and passing knowledge
> (great both in a technical but also social/political way) and do
better
> software by the benefits of it.
> Actually i dont know if this new form of GPL is a good idea, but i
guess
> its worth thinking about it, as you still have the goods of opensource
> but just decline the possibility to support Non-Opensource Systems.
My point exactly :-).
Just to add a bit onto this issue is that we could still support
non-opensource systems, but they would need to purchase the software
(see my other e-mail with the Trolltech as an example).
Ico
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