somebody wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
> news:4980a265$1@news.povray.org...
>> 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?
> 
> Rights of the author who released his code under GPL of course. Only in the
> bizzaro world might it make sense to assume GPL would offer protection to
> authors who don't (!?) use it.

So you're agreeing. The GPL protects the freedoms of the author using the 
GPL at the expense of the freedoms of the author using the MIT license. And 
the MIT license restricts users less in what they can do with the code.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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