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Re: Microsoft needs a help strategy
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Microsoft needs a help strategy |
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:47:48 +0100 |
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ZnU <znu@fake.invalid> writes:
> I understand that the FSF is really, really hung up on every detail of
> the GPL, but frankly, they're fanatics.
Fanatics have copyright like everybody else.
> If this specific provision of the GPL was invalidated for some reason,
> very few users or developers of GPL software would be impacted in any
> material way.
It is always very few who actually make a difference. In the case of
the Linux kernel, just a few thousand. In the case of the GNU system,
just a few ten thousand. A tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions
who actually use all the stuff.
But the stop the few from doing their work, and the system breaks down
for everybody.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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