Re: [ros-dev] GPL Microsoft Code in the CRT

[Mike Swanson]

We do have the right not to use the code, but there should be a better
reason than "because it's made by Microsoft"

On 11/27/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>   There is a clear differnce between closed leaked
> source code and GPL
>  code donated to the community. The whole point of the GPL is to benefit
>  the entire base of developers and users with your code. If we're going
>  to start behaving like immature brats "oh noes! It's MS GPL! ewww it's
>  got the cooties!" then all we're doing is undermining the very essence
>  of the open source movement. If you want MS to change their practices
>  and start embracing this practice, it's not by denying them the right to
>  have their code used that you're going to be helping things. By denying
>  their code, you're just acting selfishly like a child and will make them
>  think twice about what the whole point of Open Sourcing software is, if
>  they're still bring treated like shit?
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
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Mike