Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 24, 2004 03:13 AM
GPL code interoperates quite well with other license. What you can not do is include gpl code in the source of a none GPL application. As long as the GPL-half is not tied to non-gpl half your cool i.e: gpl databasebackend + non-gpl Database frontend.
Secondly, royalties will guarentee that the only option to an MS servers is going to be another expense server of brand-X ( hav you checked the OS X server cost?). Going royalty free means anyone, you, me, Samba, Sun, can build interorable servers with out having to pay MS and not charge user a per seat fee. That is what Jeremy wants.
Who said we want to diaplace MS? I just want a solid OS that is Open Standards compliant, with apps that use Open Standards and are compliant. So far I have not seen any of this from MS.
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Re:That's a uniquely GPL issue...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 24, 2004 03:13 AMSecondly, royalties will guarentee that the only option to an MS servers is going to be another expense server of brand-X ( hav you checked the OS X server cost?). Going royalty free means anyone, you, me, Samba, Sun, can build interorable servers with out having to pay MS and not charge user a per seat fee. That is what Jeremy wants.
Who said we want to diaplace MS? I just want a solid OS that is Open Standards compliant, with apps that use Open Standards and are compliant. So far I have not seen any of this from MS.
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