Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:22:27 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>   This makes GPL incompatible with all other licenses. This is rather
>>>> restricting.
>>> But protective of the rights of the original author, which is the
>>> underlying goal.
>> Which original author? The one giving away the code with more
>> restrictions, or the one giving away the code with fewer restrictions?
> 
> The one who wrote the code that you are modifying and then distributing.

What makes you think I'm modifying the GPL code?

If I include libjpg without modifying it at all, I can no longer use the MIT 
license on my code, even if my code is orders of magnitude larger and more 
valuable. This forces me, while building something large that I need to get 
paid for, to rewrite code that's already tested and works well and is 
bug-free and safe. Hence, GPL code leads to bugs in non-GPL code.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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