> Yes, I understand that is why the large companies are involved and why > they want to protect their own interests at the expense of their users. > However, that is not why a lot of open source software is written, and > a lot that was originally written without such restrictions has > subsequently had the viral GPL applied. Large companies are involved in open source because it is more cost effective to provide your share of the total R&D rather than the entire R&D. They also enjoy the fact that they can still have a say in the direction of the resulting whole. GPL is designed to EMPOWER users, to give the control BACK to the user. You should read the GNU Manifesto some time. > I'm speaking from a user's perspective, not a distributor making money > on support. I'd much rather not have any such restrictions prohibiting > others from improving the code under their own terms. I'd rather make > up my own mind about those terms. Tivo's OS-X, etc. are all good things > from a consumer perspective. Use the livna repo if you do not care about such restrictions. For what it's worth, a Tivo is a Linux box. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
