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Re: GPL and inhouse use?
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John Hasler |
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Re: GPL and inhouse use? |
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Sun, 14 May 2006 14:38:58 -0500 |
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> Well, suppose, hypothetically, that you added a lot of code to the
> kernel/base distribution, stripped out some of the base distribution
> stuff (like X or whaever) too in order to create a really robust and
> unique testing environment for testing new computer systems. You'd want
> to keep that inhouse to prevent your competition from gaining the same
> advantage that you just worked months or years to create.
We were discussing the Linux kernel. Now you are talking about a
distribution: not the same thing at all. A distribution is a compilation
and you must deal with each package individually as its individual license
requires.
It also appears that you labor under the common delusion that every package
in a Linux distribution falls under the GPL. This is far from true. The X
license, for example, is similar to the BSD license.
> You'd want to keep that inhouse to prevent your competition from gaining
> the same advantage that you just worked months or years to create.
Speak for yourself.
> Thats one idea that comes to mind that, if it were my company, I wonldnt
> want to share with the world.
After all, you wouldn't want to end up like Red Hat...
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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