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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <rms@santafe.edu> writes:
Richard> I understand the effect that you're talking about, when
Richard> the GPL is used on a library. You're calling it a
Richard> problem, and from the point of view of someone wanting to
Richard> develop proprietary software, it could only be a problem.
Richard> But if we instead consider the consequences for the free
Richard> software community, it can lead to benefits as well as
Richard> problems.
Most of the embedded software I work on would be absolutely useless
without the hardware that it runs on, so whatever is the purpose of
trying to apply intellectual property protection to software whose
proliferation could only increase sales of the hardware, when that
hardware comes with the software anyway? It sounds rather foolish to
me in many instances. Why not give away the source code? It is
useless without the hardware to run it on.
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