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Article #71919Re: GPL eliminates negotiation between producer and distributor.
From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Fri, 22 May 1992 19:51
Date: Fri, 22 May 1992 19:51
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Looks like we're back to the same flamewar... >Which is all well and good for the *user* of the software, but, in the GPL >world (depending on how you measure return on investment), the well-developed >code gets high use and the *developer* sees no more return from it (although >the *distributor* might). Where's the incentive for future development? After considering your article, I have concluded you are correct. Therefore, we should immediately sue every public company who has helped develop GNU software: Data General, Cray, Alliant, Convex, Intel, Motorola, HP... because clearly they were not acting in the best interests of their shareholders. If you think this is a silly suggestion, then I believe you've thought of some incentives for future development.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2d26c6d8e80c90a X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-05-22 05:04:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GPL eliminates negotiation between producer and distributor. Message-ID: <1992May22.195143.19190@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 22 May 92 19:51:43 GMT References: <RSW.92May19211636@flanger.cs.brown.EDU> <DAVIDM.92May20132127@consil <DAVIDM.92May22111121@consilium.com> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 16