[ale] Are our Ethernet drivers in danger?

[Darin Lang]

Interesting that you use the word "virus of sorts" Spoken like a true
Microsoftian. That is their PR term. That is their PR game. You are playing
along very well. Be sure to save this post for your resume when you switch
to NT.

Long Live Microsoft!



on 7/3/01 10:02 PM, Benjamin Scherrey at scherrey at innoverse.com wrote:

> Joe's comments are correct. Releasing code developed using tax dollars,
> outside of special circumstances such as the examples Joe gives, under any
> kind of restrictive license is illegal. The GPL is an extremely restrictive
> license and does act, in a sense, as a virus of sorts even though that is a
> very pejorative term. That is, in fact, the stated intent of its creator who
> espouses the elimination of intellectual property rights which goes against
> the Constitution of the United States of America. The GPL is certainly a
> valid license, and I fully support the rights of private authors to utilize
> it, but it is not legal under the conditions of intellectual property
> developed at taxpayer expense.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Ben Scherrey
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