Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:01:50 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: dyson@iquest.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act Message-ID: <4.1.19990223140048.04015de0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990223224954.6736G-100000@haldjas.folklore.e e> References: <19990223203052.B216@localhost>
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At 10:54 PM 2/23/99 +0200, Narvi wrote: >c) What's the reason? MS can always hire n more programmers to write the >exact same code without major delay. Not only that: They can clean-room it, which is easier if the code is subtle. The GPL isn't any protection at all from a big company. It only hurts SMALL independent developers. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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