Re: GPL and Nvidia

[Jon Portnoy <portnoy@tellink.net>]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Andrew Walrond wrote:

> I think we were suckered into the GPL by lawyers ;)
> 
> Seriously though, I believe the GPL is the biggest impediment to 
> gnu/linux and open source software that anyone could possibly come up 
> with. Frankly I'm suprised NVidia and others bother supporting linux, 
> but am very glad they do.

Frankly, I'm surprised there are people out there who don't _like_ freedom 
(and the perpetuation thereof.)

> 
> IMO The only license we need is
> 
> "Here is, for what it's worth, some software. You can use it in any way 
> you like; modify it, fix it and if you can make some money from it - 
> great! Go feed your family. Fixes, changes and improvements are always 
> welcome, but not mandatory. Enjoy!"

That's the gist of the BSD license :-)

> 
> We'd likely have to set up a hardship fund for lawyers though. Wouldn't 
> want them to starve ;)
> 
> Too late for gnu/linux though. :(
> 

Too late for you to screw it up?

I take it you're not very interested in perpetuation of freedom.

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