Re: "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux

[tmoran@bix.com]

>Usually I only see complaints or worries about the GPL from
>those associated with manufacture of proprietary software.
  One would hardly expect people using the GPL to be frequent complainants.

>Let's take a specific example. At one point Tartan suggested
>the possibility of joining the GNAT front end with their
>proprietary backend to make a proprietary result. We told
>them they couldn't and that was that!
  So there could have been an Ada compiler with the advantages of both
the Gnat front-end, and Tartan's back-end, but you said no.  Was that
because you didn't have the rights to do it, or because you didn't want
Tartan to offer such a compiler?

>... those associated with manufacture of proprietary software.
>Those people would of course prefer a BSD like license to
>the GPL license, because then they can use the software in
>their proprietary products.
  Do you know as fact that all people who object to the GPL would
prefer the BSD like license?  Do you know as fact that's because then
they would be able to use the software in their proprietary products?
Or are you just guessing that anyone who disagrees with the OSF hype
does so solely because it prevents them from thievery?