Fedora - DELL ?

[Ingemar Nilsson]

Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> writes:

> Perhaps their work would have gone into something less restricted and
> helped people in many more ways like apache and java have.

Dream on. I think it is obvious that a lot of people like the GPL and its
effects. If it wouldn't be available, there is no guarantee that they would
end up with the BSDs instead. Actually, they probably wouldn't.

> If someone gives you something that isn't what you want, how grateful
> can you be?

If GPL software isn't what you want, what on earth are you doing on this
list?

> and its code can't even be used to help improve those other OS's.

Spontaneously, I'd guess that some (or even many) of the developers of code
licensed under the GPL might not want their code to end up in Windows only
for the benefit of Microsoft. If they wouldn't mind, why did they choose
the GPL? That's right, they wanted the GPL and its effects.

Who are you to demand that people relicense their code for free under some
unrestricted license such as the BSD license?

Regards
Ingemar