Re: Mathworks-hosted GPL'd software

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Sat, 2/13/10, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:


[snip]
> But that does not mean that what Mathworks did was not
> harmful.  If
> Mathworks tried to push people in a certain direction, and
> succeeded,
> it is responsible for having done so.  The fact that
> they had a way to
> resist going where Mathworks wanted to push them does mean
> they share
> the responsibility, but it does not make Mathworks
> blameless.
> 
[snip]

No, what Mathworks did wasn't harmful. From my observations BSD folks are
less ideologically vocal - which may be good for the(ir) community.

The most silent folks are the ones who offer their code under WTF license 
:).

Regards,
  Sergei.