[GNUz] Slashdor discussion of php/mysql/gpl

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 21:22, InfoHelp wrote:
> It seems to all come down to a matter of opinion (formed over several 
> decades & from many influences).
> 
> Another useful read, thanks Jim.
> 
> Somehow the debate just seems to stand in the way of 'getting on with 
> it' (our jobs).
> 
> Is the trend one of slow & steady erosion of GNU GPL influence?
> 
> If so, need we be concerned?
> 
> Free software is out there, available, effective. Why argue?
> 
> Responsible for releasing software, one would need a specific license. 
> Until then, does it matter?
> 
> - just some thoughts,
> 
> Cheers - Rik

Hey Rik, just a thought, remember your thoughts (and the gnu philosphy)
about free software when you next recommend SuSE - the "usabilty"
features such as easy installation of modems means the distro includes
some non free software :-)

> 
> 
> Jim Cheetham wrote:
> 
> > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/19/2316200&tid=169&tid=117
> >
> > PHP is a major open source package, that has rejected the GPL.
> > This has caused problems for some people wanting to redistribute it, 
> > especially when preconfigured to work with MySQL and Apache (also 
> > non-GPL licenses).
> >
> > Read the slashdot discussion for occasional gems of thought :-)
> >
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