[lugm.org] GPL is a thorn for business

[Loganaden Velvindron]

Redhat admits that it ``obfuscates'' patches to prevent
Oracle/CentOS/Novell from offering direct support.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5oOugqiyEjkJ:www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/red_hat_twarts_oracle_and_novell_with_change_to_source_code_packaging/+open+source+undercut&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fr&client=firefox-a

Once again, this shows the problem of the GPL: forcing
people to redistribute their changes is a bad idea.

By contrast, this problem is absent for companies like Juniper,
who ship BSD-based derived OS. If they want, they can choose
which patches they'd like to merge. This gives businesses a better
control over their derivative work, which the GPL prevents.
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