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Companies want the GPL

Posted Jul 1, 2005 21:43 UTC (Fri) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625)
In reply to: Companies *want* the GPL by BrucePerens
Parent article: ESR: 'We Don't Need the GPL Anymore' (O'ReillyNet)

Give the man a cigar (or whatever those Californians consider a treat).

Where would Troll Tech or MySQL's much-applauded dual licensing model be without the GPL as one of the two alternatives?

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Companies *want* the GPL

Posted Jul 2, 2005 0:31 UTC (Sat) by jdave23 (guest, #27160) [Link]

Come on, Don -

Everybody knows Bruce is a Long Islander!

Companies *want* the GPL

Posted Jul 2, 2005 1:40 UTC (Sat) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link]

I left LI for the SF Bay Area in 1987, and have been back only for short visits since. The weather's nicer in California, and the women more appreciative. :-)

Bruce