[Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues

[Wolfram Sang]

> But we put the blame on very different things - I at least partly very
> much do blame the "culture" that goes with the GPL.  Corporate users
> do see the hostility towards commercial use that we have in some
> quarters.

I don't support the hostility, yet I'd like to mention that it mostly
doesn't come out of nowhere. There _are_ bad companies besides the good
ones and they cause frustration. For example, if I want to watch a DVD,
it takes more than a minute until I get to the actual content, because
there is all text about what I am not allowed to do and how I can be
punished. Yet, the DVD player I am using runs Linux with code I wrote.
And I can't get the sources to the device driver for that codec chip I'd
like to have. I can see that it might be irrelevant for Linux as a
project, but on the individual level, this is frustrating and can easily
scare talent away. I think this should be seen, too - for the sake of
mutual understanding.

> We should strive to make companies *like* the GPL, and encourage
> exactly the kinds of things you mention.

Yes!

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