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Post #202,774
by static
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4/10/05 11:58:17 PM
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New That could bring up an interesting possibility.
If website is done right, most - if not all - of what a company would like to keep "proprietary" is technically data and not actually part of the codebase. If a new GPL starts encouraging people to release their website code, those who've been faking it with hard-coded data (for instance) will find themselves at a competetive disadvantage.

Wade.

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Is it enough to breathe
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Is it enough to die
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Post #202,795
by ben_tilly
4/11/05 1:49:38 AM
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New That entirely depends on what your website does
For instance what Google would like to keep proprietary really isn't the data that they deliver.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #202,935
by static
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4/12/05 12:08:43 AM
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New I hadn't thought of that.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
     Hints about the GPL v3 - (ben_tilly) - (15) - April 8, 2005, 08:47:05 PM EDT
         Wouldn't that also apply to non-OSS licenses? - (drewk) - (4) - April 8, 2005, 11:58:36 PM EDT
             Yes - (ben_tilly) - (3) - April 9, 2005, 12:15:40 AM EDT
                 Sounds like the real choice in licensing is simplicity - (drewk) - (2) - April 9, 2005, 12:26:12 AM EDT
                     BSD is simpler - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 9, 2005, 03:01:34 AM EDT
                         Hate to say this, but ... - (drewk) - April 9, 2005, 03:17:29 PM EDT
         That would conflict with Freedom 0. - (ubernostrum) - (9) - April 9, 2005, 04:20:56 PM EDT
             Why wouldn't he? - (ben_tilly) - (8) - April 9, 2005, 05:05:28 PM EDT
                 I can think of one reason - (jake123) - (7) - April 9, 2005, 05:40:01 PM EDT
                     That argument is not new - (ben_tilly) - April 9, 2005, 06:00:30 PM EDT
                     RMS is far crazier than that. - (broomberg) - (2) - April 9, 2005, 06:28:24 PM EDT
                         He was probably right - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 9, 2005, 06:52:40 PM EDT
                             (Un)intended consequences - (drewk) - April 11, 2005, 02:34:02 AM EDT
                     That could bring up an interesting possibility. - (static) - (2) - April 10, 2005, 11:58:17 PM EDT
                         That entirely depends on what your website does - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 11, 2005, 01:49:38 AM EDT
                             I hadn't thought of that. -NT - (static) - April 12, 2005, 12:08:43 AM EDT

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