'GPL encumbrance problems' (jdow)

[Mike McCarty]

Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On 1/19/06, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>>Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>>
>>>On 1/18/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>>What's the point of it existing then if people shouldn't use it?
>>>
>>>
>>>The point of it existing is "to make people be nice to each other" and
>>
>>Oh, brother. It is *impossible* to "make people be nice to each other".
>>To quote a famous man...
>>
>>        I can't control my neighbors *dog*, let alone my neighbor.
> 
> 
> Seems to be working for RMS:

Do you claim that RS is able to make people be nice to each other?
Then what the hell is going on in Iraq?

[snip]

>>BTW, desiring to control the behavior of others is generally
>>considered a personality disorder.
> 
> 
> BTW, that's exactly what commerical EULAs do, also.  So commerical
> software distributors are all rife with personality disorders, as
> well?

I'm sure that some of them do. I don't know of any who believe that
they can "make people be nice to each other" with an EULA.

Mike
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