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23 Dec 2025 01:18:41 EST (-0500)
  Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous  
From: Darren New
Date: 1 Feb 2009 14:26:43
Message: <4985f773$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> How many big enterprises contribute code to the *BSDs

Well, MIT, and Berkeley, for example?  Hence the name of the software and 
the name of the license?

All the stuff like OpenAL, Apache, etc that don't use the GPL?

> without fear of their good work ending up powering their competition products,

Why is that bad? The software is still getting improved.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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