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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. -- -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" [2Ch 21:12] -------- Robert Jay Brown III rj@eli.elilabs.com http://www.elilabs.com 1 847 705-0424 Elijah Laboratories Inc.; 37 South Greenwood Avenue; Palatine, IL 60067-6328 ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t h e M i n d ------