Re: GPL propaganda

Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
> [snips]
> 
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:53:40 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
> 
>> On 2008-09-26, Rjack <user@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>> 2) Do care about GPL advocates stealing other people's exclusive
rights
>>> with an illegal copyright license.
> 
>>      Yet the likes of Oracle and EA seem to manage well enough despite
>> of all of your *****ing and moaning. This "problem" of yours only ever
>> manifests itself whenever you try to take someone else's property and
>> treat it as if it were your own.
> 
> I've got Herr Bonehead killfiled, but I happened to see this response to

> it.  He's asserting an "illegal copyright license"; is he actually 
> suggesting that the GPL results in some sort of illegality?  That if I 
> use GPL'd code in my own app, I'm somehow stealing something from the 
> original writer?  Is he unaware that the original developer _chose_ to 
> release it as GPL, knowing full well it would be re-used in other 
> applications?
> 
> Or is this some other argument?
> 


>> I've got Herr Bonehead killfiled, but. . . 


Why not stick with the intent of your killfile bonehead?

Sincerely,
Rjack :)