alfie wrote:

I simply doubt that you belief every thing in the world should be GPLed (or better could).

I agree that not everything should be released under the GPL. My objection, in this case, is that the restrictive license ensures that I cannot fix any bugs or security holes. I doubt anyone would ever have heard of Perl or Linux if either had such a license, even for free.

In fact, I would probably go so far as to say that I don't want to work with any software product where I cannot be reasonably expected to fix it or have a serious bug fix quickly issued by the manufacturer. That being said, I seem to be stuck in the Windows world, so that puts the lie to my argument :)

Cheers,
Ovid

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