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Nonsense. > Lesser GPL permits use of the library in proprietary programs That means "in some cases", not "in all cases". Logical fallacy on your part. > ordinary GPL for a library…

> but if it weren't for this guy you We'd be using OS X and FreeBSD instead of Linux. Who's laughing now?

Somebody, please save RMS, write an Emacs mode that inserts spaces into JavaScript and converts single char names into made up longer ones! For extra bonus, insert comments that ta…

> It's not clear at all why you think you should be entitled to that code I never said I was. In the GNU utopia, Linux killed MS and all libraries are GPL. My options are: 1. Spend…

By accompanying your object code with GPL/LGPL, you are promising your customers that your code is GPL/LGPL, i.e. you will be bound to open your code. The fact that your understand…

But your planting of a tree doesn't automatically prevent the farmer you bought the apple from from making any money. If I have to release my code under GPL, I can't make money cha…

No. Whose object code? Is it talking about my object code or the library's? Ten lines per function, per header, per library, per program? Edit: I think you didn't understand LGPL y…

If, as you say, LGPL, is clear to you, what do you think "object code" refers to in the (b) clause you just quoted? How are the "ten lines" counted in the paragraph above (you didn…

This sounds like a web developer arguing that all software should be free, except web apps. In my opinion, all software should be free, when all groceries are free.

That's what they want you to believe. Try reading the license. You have to know how many lines from the header file you are "distributing" (in the GNU lingo). If you are using C++ …

RMS is complaining about Obfuscript. Speaking of obfuscation, I hope someone would deobfuscate LGPL for me.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=460914

"communist"

Google: "Did you mean: Quantos"

> if commercials are synchronized Are they? If there are 9 synchronized channels and 1 that's not. I believe that 1 wins, because everyone else switches there out of boredom.

I bet TV ads stopped working as well when TV remotes became popular.

> There are plenty of examples of successful companies that have used this model Do you mean they used their blog as the main marketing effort? I'd like to hear more about those. I…

Do not operate without a helmet and a mouth guard.

I wonder why they didn't use wxHaskell instead for the GUI. Also, what's up with Greek identifiers?

What do they do just north of SF?

> for some reason the business guys needed rails developers Not anymore?

also LOLcats and Homer Simpson. I usually go for 3 allusions per joke.

Hamburger... I hate Ramen.