Remember Rule #1: People are generally stupid.

I refer to that group as the "dull-normals". The problem the Democrats have ( and /. users), is that they vastly under-estimate their numbers. Google has a handle on that segment of the population, as they deal with them everyday and there is no small measure of "fear and loathing" towards them. So, if you don''t want to incur the wrath of the dull-normals, don't let the package loose into the wild, so other unscrupulous idiots won't take something half-baked and peddle it alongside a stack of knock-off audio CD's to Joe and Jane Lunchbucket. That would only end in tears and recriminations. In like manner, Stallman might be missing this point of Google's, as the people he hangs with usually have a higher than normal IQ's, like the average Linux User. :) Ric

Guess again!! With the new federal laws 18 is it. Everywhere. AND!! Since there is no statute of limitations for sex crimes, what you did when it was legal, may become illegal and you'll get a knock on the door, hauled off to do time and become branded as a sex offender for at least 10 years. Welcome to the New Order.

I like the "Gift Debt" notion used in the book Red Mars, by Spider Robinson. You are in Gift Debt when you receive a piece of GPL code, and are morally in debt to the giver. No problem with that? Right? While a gift is freely given, to repay the Gift Debt you would also give it away in the manner you received it. Or improve it and give it back as a gift. Gift Debt. I like it. Read the book. For a Linux head, it appropriate!