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:LinuxWorld: GPL - Are We Wishing for Something We Really Don't Want?
LinuxWorld: GPL - Are We Wishing for Something We Really Don't Want?
Feb 10, 2004, 02 :00 UTC (26 Talkback[s]) (13049 reads)
(Other stories by Daniel Wallace)

"This is neither a legal conclusion nor a philosophical statement of bias but merely conjecture for thought.

"Suppose all the programs ever released under the GPL are placed in a non-commercial public domain trust fund.

"There are a few million lines of copyrighted code in a Linux distribution. Add all the code at SourceForge. How many lines now? 100 million...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Actually, this is an ammusing if obscure ...   How many angels dance on the head of a pin?   
David McGuire
Feb 10, 2004, 02:11:43  
So far, I have no knowledge of a single ...   If true, it could be used defensively   
ac
Feb 10, 2004, 02:18:02  
IMHO.... FUD.SCO fan ?...Wow, all these ...   ESR your !!!!   
GH
Feb 10, 2004, 02:33:19  
Okay, so in TEN years.... It will take T ...   Why you wanna use 10 year old tech?   
Brandioch Conner
Feb 10, 2004, 02:44:35  
Well, if you want to use it defensively, ...   Re: If true, it could be used defensively   
Charles Hixson
Feb 10, 2004, 03:29:21  
I understand the worry and concern. The ...   It's worked in other places   
Joe User
Feb 10, 2004, 03:33:04  
A world where any software license other ...   I'll take it.   
Art Cancro
Feb 10, 2004, 03:42:51  
Do book authors have to compare all the ...   This is silly   
Jim McCormick
Feb 10, 2004, 04:43:27  
No matter how you look at it, this artic ...   Flawed from all angles   
Jean-Marc
Feb 10, 2004, 05:20:54  
I fail to see the point of the article. ...   Ever Heard of Software Patents?   
Edward Virtually
Feb 10, 2004, 06:58:24  
Your code is your code, its that simple. ...   O(nlog(n)) where n=0   
GaAsP
Feb 10, 2004, 07:22:00  
This argument is not fundamentally diffe ...   Not unique for GPL/open source.   
Vegard Engen
Feb 10, 2004, 11:28:24  
This sounds like a defense for how to ma ...   Lawsuits versus Quality   
Jim
Feb 10, 2004, 13:41:46  
I'd say that within 5 years the aver ...   Re: Why you wanna use 10 year old tech?   
GreyGeek
Feb 10, 2004, 13:46:56  
I remember that somebody has commented t ...   Same argument as...   
Ike To
Feb 10, 2004, 14:03:42  
Whatever the other flaws of the article, ...   flawed science   
eric seynaeve
Feb 10, 2004, 14:04:31  
"Danniel Wallace is a retired physicist ...   Is the author of this article SCO's Linux "Exp   
Byran Lee
Feb 10, 2004, 14:34:50  
Richard Stallman may be a dork about his ...   Re: I'll take it.   
horne
Feb 10, 2004, 17:09:37  
Your code is your code, its that simple. ...   Re: O(nlog(n)) where n=0   
horne
Feb 10, 2004, 17:21:59  
> Your code is your code, its that simpl ...   Re: O(nlog(n)) where n=0   
Ferd
Feb 10, 2004, 17:27:23  
> I'd say that within 5 years the av ...   Re: Re: Why you wanna use 10 year old tech?   
None
Feb 10, 2004, 17:34:17  
Why should the lines of code grow like b ...   "How many in 20 years? 100 billion?" 8-)   
R.L.
Feb 10, 2004, 17:46:07  
> I remember that somebody has commented ...   Re: Same argument as...   
Rufus Polson
Feb 10, 2004, 18:01:05  
... don't copy GPLed code.Gee, I tho ...   If you can't stand the heat ...   
JJS
Feb 10, 2004, 18:59:27  
Slowly, very slowly we're discoverin ...   Copyrighting code is a bad idea   
PhilTR
Feb 10, 2004, 22:57:08  
If Dr. Wallace wants to expound on copyr ...   confusing copyright with patents   
Larry
Feb 11, 2004, 01:11:31  
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