Re: GPL or LGPL

[Mark Galassi <rosalia at lanl dot gov>]

Dear Bob,

It's interesting to see someone at GE AE on the list.  What have you
been using GSL for?  (If you can say, of course...)

You can certainly use GSL internally; you just can't make a non-GPLed
product out of it.

You should certainly consider coming out with a GPLed product that
uses it: many companies make good revenue with GPLed products.

We are not sympathetic to the argument "I really want to use your
library to make a proprietary product..."

Your examples of institutions that have put out products under a
university-style license (like the X11 license or the new BSD license)
is not all that enlightening: the real lesson to me is that these
products (like Tk and X) have been frequently put into non-free
products.

GPL supporters don't get that "feeling of pride" from widespread
adoption: they get the happy feeling from widespread adoption in
*free* products.