Scripsit Thomas Bushnell, BSG > By "friend" I mean someone who wants the GPL strong.
Then I'm not a friend. I'm someone who wants as much code code in this world as possible to be reuseable by anyone. To the extent that GPL works against this goal, I don't care particularly by its hurt feelings. The goal "the entire world must use MY license" is not one I support. The goal "the code I wrote shall stay free" is an admirable one which I do support. The GPL reaches that goal excellently even though it doesn't do everything the bad gyus may wish it to do. > Now suppose there is a flaw in the GPL. In that case, a friend would > want the flaw fixed, quickly and quietly, [...] > An enemy, by contrast, would publicize the flaw as widely as > possible. You seem to be advocating security by obscurity. That's not usually the free-software way of doing things. The free-software way to fix bugs is to be open about them. -- Henning Makholm "Khanivore is climbing out of its life-support pod."
