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On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 03:20:34PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
> Benjamin Stuhl (lists.bootstrap):
> >>And, more importantly, why?
> >
> >One word: GPL
>
> LPGL, actually.
>
> But we're going to throw away all the good development out there
> for *POLITICAL* reasons? Are you truly barking mad?
It seems sane to me to avoid _one_ well-implemented library based
on policy. But as soon as one morphs the word `policy' into the word
`political', it sounds like it's all about fluff like image and
popularity, instead of important issues like _who can use the software
under what terms_ . . . .
Peace,
* Kurt Starsinic (kstar@orientation.com) ---------- Senior Network Engineer *
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