Well, that's just the point. A doctor has to apply the learnt procedure in a new unique situation. If he can recite the book word-for-word it's not much use.
Copyright information and redistribution license is not the same. And the BSD advertising clause requires to put additional informations in advertising material.
We have already "serious issues with version control and compatibility". And this only with Sun's own java implementations. I have at least 3 complete java run time environmens installed, because every program comes with its own list of needed versions.
I don't want to spend some time to reassemble my notebook whenever I want to use it. With PCMCIA the whole device rests in the case and is always ready.
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Well, that's just the point. A doctor has to apply the learnt procedure in a new unique situation. If he can recite the book word-for-word it's not much use.
Copyright information and redistribution license is not the same.
And the BSD advertising clause requires to put additional informations in advertising material.
We have already "serious issues with version control and compatibility". And this only with Sun's own java implementations. I have at least 3 complete java run time environmens installed, because every program comes with its own list of needed versions.
An author is not necessarily bound to the GPL, because he doesn't depend on it for distribution of his work.
I don't want to spend some time to reassemble my notebook whenever I want to use it. With PCMCIA the whole device rests in the case and is always ready.