Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Perhaps their work would have gone into something less restricted and > helped people in many more ways like apache and java have. Dream on. I think it is obvious that a lot of people like the GPL and its effects. If it wouldn't be available, there is no guarantee that they would end up with the BSDs instead. Actually, they probably wouldn't. > If someone gives you something that isn't what you want, how grateful > can you be? If GPL software isn't what you want, what on earth are you doing on this list? > and its code can't even be used to help improve those other OS's. Spontaneously, I'd guess that some (or even many) of the developers of code licensed under the GPL might not want their code to end up in Windows only for the benefit of Microsoft. If they wouldn't mind, why did they choose the GPL? That's right, they wanted the GPL and its effects. Who are you to demand that people relicense their code for free under some unrestricted license such as the BSD license? Regards Ingemar
