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GNU License stifles e-commerce?

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choasforages:
too bad that people like bill gates are around, or else the bsd license would be awsome, but no, i have to go out of my way to make sure that dickhead doesn't propirtize my work. that asshole makes me jump through hoops

lazygamer:
1)With FS you sell support. They help you solve problems, and they help you set it up.

2)With FS you sell hand holding. So the indidual gets nice a nice spiffy manual, box, and cd(s).

3)Since all code is open source, companies can only have followers(people who prefer their brand) by each company having a design philosphy and going their own way. These encourages diversity, and prevents code hoarding. Thus, everyone must innovate if they want to stay in buisness. Huge revolutionary innovations can be shared by everyone, but no one wants a clone. So succesful software will be unique in comparison to their competitors(and the competitor will disagree with their competitor's design philosphy and see no need to borrow their code and ideas, as it may clash with their own).

FS is a wierd concept, but it works. Look at Redhat.  

dbl221:

quote: I don't understand how any of that relates to e-commerce.
How will Microsoft benefit from the GPL?
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Micro$haft USES GPL software such as Perl in the development of their code, they just don't include it IN the products the sell.

voidmain:
Perl is not GPL. And they actually DO include it in some of their products. I have received it on more than one Microsoft CD.

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