Re: What about an OS monopoly under GNU license?

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

At 11:33 PM 3/25/98 -0500, P.A. Petricone wrote:

>Well then, perhaps you have a cause of action against FSF for abusing it's
>position in the SW industry and discouraging plagiarism for profit.

That's silly. It's not "plagiarism" if a license is granted! I recommend
the Berkeley license because it makes the software more useful.

>The point is, as I read it, that you feel Stallman and his organization
>should not be part of a conference on the state of the software industry?

I did not say anything of the sort. What I did say is that the GNU General
Public License, because it incorporates an extreme anti-business
agenda and does not promote the development of commercial software, is
not the best license for freely redistributable software. What I advocate
is that the Consumer Project on Technology take the position that the 
"Berkeley-style" license is preferable, because it fosters the development
of both commercial and non-commercial alternatives and does the most to
promote consumer choice.

>I would
>prefer to make my own judgment about FSF based on their own remarks.

By all means! Again, see their philosophy page at


http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/philosophy.html

--Brett Glass