Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 17, 2006 09:02 AM
I'd agree, although I wish
Like all orthodoxies, it must at last fall to common sense.
was always true, alas in todays world of political spin it rarely is.
I think that ulitmately the counting at zero for a license will be a real problem for the GPL. Let's say that the suits in a v. large company are considering using OO (with suitable corporate support) as compared to M$/Office. Someone asks about the license for it and the CIO has to present it to a bunch of directors, how the hell is he gonna explain the 0th freedom? Is he gonna say that it's kind of a "programming in-joke"? The license is a good one (don't think many people would dispute that) but what the hell is the 0th freedom? Does it mean I have one or not? Are the suits gonna see the funny/ironic side?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 17, 2006 09:02 AMLike all orthodoxies, it must at last fall to common sense.
was always true, alas in todays world of political spin it rarely is.
I think that ulitmately the counting at zero for a license will be a real problem for the GPL. Let's say that the suits in a v. large company are considering using OO (with suitable corporate support) as compared to M$/Office. Someone asks about the license for it and the CIO has to present it to a bunch of directors, how the hell is he gonna explain the 0th freedom? Is he gonna say that it's kind of a "programming in-joke"? The license is a good one (don't think many people would dispute that) but what the hell is the 0th freedom? Does it mean I have one or not? Are the suits gonna see the funny/ironic side?
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