From: Chad Perrin Date: 2007-03-16T03:08:13+09:00 Subject: Re: GUI With Ruby On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:10:07PM +0900, google@andreas-s.net wrote: > On Mar 15, 9:08 am, Chad Perrin 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. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);