[fsl-discuss] Why ADTI's Whitepaper dislikes copyleft/GPL, and why it's not even applicable ...

[tom poe]

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 10:09, Karsten M. Self wrote:

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> This is marginally on topic.  If not a final word, some damned good ones
> were made by David Skoll, posted to The Register and his own site:
>
>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25659.html
>    http://www.roaringpenguin.com/adti2.php3
>
> As several of the usual suspects are reporting, MITRE's study makes for
> far more informed reading than ADTI's:
>
> http://www.mitre.org/support/papers/tech_papers_01/kenwood_software/index.s
>html
>
> Peace.

Hi:  The part I like best, is where ADTI states the plight of our government 
should it choose to GPL its' software needs.  The ADTI says, in effect, the 
government would be excluding competition and limiting vendors.  Well, in 
response, if the government chooses GPL'd software as the way to go, we 
instantly increase the vendors about a gazillion-fold, bringing in every 
one-man shop to bid on the contracts.  Even better, all the proprietary 
vendors would be able to compete on "equal footing" as-it-were.  Weird stuff, 
these idiots profess.
Thanks,
Tom
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