[lugm.org] GPL is a thorn for business

[selven]

gpl is definitely bad for business if you think in terms of modifying gpl
codes for custom stuffs and redistributing those. But as base system to run
other systems its good enough

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Loganaden Velvindron
<gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Of course.
>
> However, it's interesting to see one of the largest GPL vendor
> trying to find ways to get a competitive edge over others. GPL
> makes that hard.
>
> A friend told me he asked 3 lawyers about a summary of GPL v3:
> All of them came to different conclusions :-)
>
> There's no point for a business to waste time & money with GPL, lawyers and
> associated activities. There are alternatives which offer more freedom.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ajay R Ramjatan <ajay.ramjatan at gmail.com>
> *To:* Loganaden Velvindron <gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>; LUGM Discuss Mailing
> List <discuss at lugm.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 21:54
> *Subject:* Re: [lugm.org] GPL is a thorn for business
>
> What they do is provide full patched kernel sources instead of
> individual diffs. Nothing illegal here.
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 21:42, Loganaden Velvindron <gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > 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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