Java problem

[Les Mikesell]

Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 00:20 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Craig White wrote:
>>> This more or less replicates Les' contentiousness towards GNU and GPL
>>> license stuff because he is desperately interested in running
>>> proprietary software without hassle and blames kernel developers, GPL
>>> license and Red Hat / Fedora packages for the problems which come from
>>> vendors who want to only provide binary software.
>> That's a tiny subset of the real problem of the GPL.  Consider that it 
>> also prevents you from having zfs in the Linux kernel, zfs being neither 
>> proprietary nor distributed only in binary.  And that's just the obvious 
>> thing you might know about and want today.  The number of possible 
>> combinations of things it prevents from being distributed are actually 
>> astronomical.
> ----
> I certainly hope so Ollie
> 
> you can run ZFS AND not have to deal with messy GPL kernel...it's called
> Open Solaris

Which can't use device drivers that have GPL restrictions - the viral 
nature of the GPL has hijacked much of the work that would otherwise be 
available for any use.

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   Les Mikesell
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