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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: GUI With Ruby
From:       Chad Perrin <perrin () apotheon ! com>
Date:       2007-03-15 18:08:13
Message-ID: 20070315180730.GA19075 () apotheon ! com
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:10:07PM +0900, google@andreas-s.net wrote:
> On Mar 15, 9:08 am, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 01:22:37PM +0900, Bill Kelly wrote:
> > > I dunno; I'm not suggesting a perfect solution exists; I'm
> > > just saying we have real-life issues with closed source
> > > binaries in the Q2 community.  And these are issues I felt
> > > the GPL (or some other license meeting the appropriate
> > > criteria) would have solved/prevented.
> >
> > So would any number of other possible solutions, such as reimplementing
> > the same stuff
> 
> Great Idea. Why care about licenses at all, when we can just
> reimplement everything we need?
> 
> > One of the problems I have with the GPL is that it
> > reduces the ability of a reimplimentation under another license to
> > "catch on", in large part thanks to the fame imparted on it by the
> > successes of some software projects that bear the GPL.
> 
> So the problem you have with the GPL is that GPL projects usually work
> very well? I see your point...

Thank you for your sarcasm, and for completely ignoring the actual
problems I have with the GPL in favor of sniping and ridicule.

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