Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal and H.323 dissector possible license solution

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From: Florian Lohoff <flo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:47:17 +0200
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 12:44:47PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:26:35AM +0200, andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > > > lists the MPL amongs the licenses that are not compatible with the GPL.
> > 
> > F*CK! (Sorry, but this license thing is getting to me :-( )
> > 
> > I predict that the GPL will eventually prevent some seriously useful 
> > applications seeing the light of day.... Pity...
> 
> If I were the core ethereal developers I would seriously consider using
> a license that doesn't hurt development.
> 
> The GPL is the worst thing that has ever happened for open source software,
> and the sooner people realize that, the less bullshit people will have to
> go through to have quality software.

Me and a lot of others disagree with that. The virulogic clause
of the GPL causes people to be sure that THEIR work will be free
FOREVER. And i think the Free Software (Not Open Source) movement
got this momentum due to people believing in this fact.

This is a very much political issue and it has been talked about 
enough already.

Flo
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