Journal larry bagina's Journal: Eric Raymond: GPL no longer needed 1
Eric Raymond, gasbag and/or Open Source leader, recently claimed the GPL is no longer needed. "if the market punished people for taking open source closed, then why do our licenses need to punish people for taking open source closed? That is why I don't think you really need GPL or a reciprocal licenses anymore. It is attempting to prevent the behavior that the market punishes anyway.".
He has a point. If Open Source is truly a better development model, then it will beat closed source on its own merits and doesn't need viral clauses.
Flame on!
They cannot take open source closed (Score:1)
Not without us taking closed source open. Two can play at that game. Exclusivity is the name of the game, and they can't do it. They can't lock me out of mine own creation. If the law permits that, then we have a problem. And respect for the law should take yet another hit. In other works, fuck 'em.