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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Loganaden Velvindron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Of course. <br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>However, it's interesting to see one of the largest GPL vendor</span></div><div><span>trying to find ways to get a competitive edge over others. GPL</span></div>
<div><span>makes that hard.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>A friend told me he asked 3 lawyers about a summary of GPL v3:</span></div><div><span>All of them came to different conclusions :-)</span></div>
<div><br><span></span></div><div><span>There's no point for a business to waste time & money with GPL, lawyers and</span></div><div><span>associated activities. There are alternatives which offer more freedom.<br>
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<div class="hm"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ajay R Ramjatan <<a href="mailto:ajay.ramjatan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ajay.ramjatan@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Loganaden Velvindron <<a href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; LUGM Discuss Mailing List <<a href="mailto:discuss@lugm.org" target="_blank">discuss@lugm.org</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 21:54<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [<a href="http://lugm.org" target="_blank">lugm.org</a>] GPL is a thorn for business<br>
</font></div><div class="im"><br>What they do is provide full patched kernel sources instead of<br>individual diffs. Nothing illegal here.<br><br>On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 21:42, Loganaden Velvindron <<a href="mailto:gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">gnukid1@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> Redhat admits that it ``obfuscates'' patches to prevent<br>> Oracle/CentOS/Novell from offering direct support.<br>> <a href="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" target="_blank">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</a><br>
> Once again, this shows the problem of the GPL: forcing<br>> people to redistribute their changes is a bad idea.<br>> By contrast, this problem is absent for companies like Juniper,<br>> who ship BSD-based derived OS. If they want, they can choose<br>
> which patches they'd like to merge. This gives businesses a better<br>> control over their derivative work, which the GPL
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