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theKompany's Shawn Gordon On The GPL

Posted by Hemos on from the license-flame-on dept.

replicant_deckard writes "In this short but insightful essay Shawn Gordon, the founder of theKompany, explains why GPL doesn't work for software companies producing graphical and end-user friendly stuff. This reminds us that GPL has so far been useful just for infrastructure-level hacker stuff like operating systems, databases etc. " Of course, it's been used for end user - OpenOffice, GAIM, and other projects.

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  1. I'ts /.'d by Alan_Thicke · · Score: -1, Troll

    Here is a mirror.

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  2. GPL this and GPL that! by DerekWyatt · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ok, this is a completely worthless point except for the venting value...

    ENOUGH! Shit! RMS and his stupid little revolution... just write code, goddamnit.

    Ahh... feels better.