On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, wouter van ooijen & floortje hanneman wrote:

> > Can't speak for Bob on that one. But I'm curious if anyone else has an
> > objection to James repackaging and possibly reselling the contents of the
> > list?
>
> I would love it when all posting to the PIClist were either GPL or public
> domain. That would free up a lot of problems when using hints, code snippets
> and the like in commercial code, books etc. Maybe I should start by
> including such a noticde in my signature?

Have you read the whole GPL? I'd never use it for anything.  Just my own
pesonal opinion, I think it goes too far.  If someone uses some of my code
that I have released, I don't CARE if they release their improvements or
modifications to it.  Sure, I'd like to know, but I won't force them to
disclose all.  The GPL has, I think, a reputation as this great enabling
share-with-the-world license that is somewhat undeserved.

OK, I'll pull on my fire-retardant suit now and grab a CO2 extinguisher...

Dale
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