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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: GUI With Ruby
From:       Chad Perrin <perrin () apotheon ! com>
Date:       2007-03-14 21:53:56
Message-ID: 20070314215315.GD5516 () apotheon ! com
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:05:05PM +0900, google@andreas-s.net wrote:
> On Mar 13, 11:31 pm, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 06:48:27AM +0900, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> > > When this was discovered, pressure on LinkSys to honor their license
> > > under the GPL led to the release of the source code which led in turn
> > > to community based software, like OpenWRT, for that and other similar
> > > wireless routers.
> >
> > You may have to point out in exacting detail how the GPL was a critical
> > factor in ensuring that a specific good result came about, and how that
> > result was in fact better than all likely alternative results if it
> > wasn't GPLed software in the first place.
> 
> The release of the Linksys router source code was a direct reaction to
> the discovering of GPL violations. The original URL for the source
> code was http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp... that speaks
> volumes, doesn't it?

Not in a vacuum.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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