Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> 
> Neeme Praks wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:stefano@apache.org]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 9:33 PM
> >
> > [ skipped another excellent background tutorial about OSS ]
> >
> > This is a little bit off the topic (but it is still a reaction to
> > Stefano's post)...
> >
> > I just love to read Stefano's _very_ well put posts about various
> > issues... Soon I will probably collect the most interesting RT's from
> > Stefano and other interesting posts and create a "fan" webpage dedicated
> > to Stefano and other great OSS thinkers ;-)
> > If you don't copyright the posts ;-)
> 
> I do copyright the posts :) But I'll license them to you for a
> reasonable price: $0.00 :)
> 
> > I'll probably need this kind of page to promote OSS within my company,
> > so why not make it available also publicly...
> > This adds nicely to the Halloween series...
> 
> Thanks, but these OSS thoughts are globally shared by all ASF members
> and they are nothing I invented.

Yes.  But there is a different story here.  There is no public statement
on why GPL code is considered "bad".  We need a public opinion to spawn
more discussion.

In certain situations the GPL can be decent.  I certainly don't think
this applies to the Java/Server-side world.

Kevin


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