CNET News: Defender of the Linux Faith
Mar 21, 2005, 16:30 (0 Talkback[s])
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"Q: Why is it important to stop people from violating
the GPL?
"Welte: You can use all the code out there for free, but if you
do modifications, you have to give them back to the community--it's
a fairness thing. If we allowed violations to become common, the
system would be out of equilibrium. This would result in fewer
contributions and it would have a large negative impact on the
motivation of developers..."
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