From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7f3ed9f7030da79b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Chris Morgan Subject: Re: Open-Source and programming style Date: 1998/11/15 Message-ID: <87ogq848xf.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 412258347 Sender: cm@mihalis.ix.netcom.com References: <364d0243.39960214@SantaClara01.news.InterNex.Net> <01be0ff2$6dd17b60$96a55c8b@aptiva> <72knmb$q79$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <01be1089$329f0980$50a55c8b@aptiva> <364f3bbe.214201@SantaClara01.news.InterNex.Net> Organization: Linux Hackers Unlimited X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Nov 15 9:20:41 PM CST 1998 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-11-15T21:20:41-06:00 List-Id: Andi Kleen writes: > Regarding your assertion that big Open Source software always have a fixed > spec because they're cloning something: good counter examples are GNU emacs > and PGP (before it went commercial) This is true as far as it goes, however RMS made GNU Emacs based on his experiences with previous Emacsen dating back to his original version. It does seem then that GPL is a particularly good fit for software which is well-understood by the people wishing to develop it. Cloners in the case of some well-known GPL items, but in many notable cases the original visionaries arrive at GPL after experience with other schemes such as proprietary or other "freeware" licenses. Perhaps GPL is the happy-hunting grounds where programs go to be happy after having served their time being used to wring money from users in previous incarnations. -- Chris Morgan Home Web Server - http://mihalis.dyn.ml.org/index.html