Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:01:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:01:22 -0500 Received: from blackhole.compendium-tech.com ([206.55.153.26]:46330 "EHLO sol.compendium-tech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:01:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 15:00:26 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" To: Augustin Vidovic cc: Dennis , jesse@cats-chateau.net, A.J.Scott@casdn.neu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation... In-Reply-To: <20010217110513.E10172@ldh.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Augustin Vidovic wrote: > 1- GPL code is the opposite of crap By saying this, you are implying that all pieces of code released under the GPL are 'good' pieces of code. I can give you several examples of code where this is not the case; several I have written for my own use, as a matter of fact. Software is only as 'good' as the effort the programmer who wrote it put into it. Spend an hour writing a device driver while watching TV, eating food, and after a couple dozen beers, and release it under the GPL. Is it good code? probably not. :p This isn't, however, to say that I think commercial code is better than GPL code... They both have their merits and deficiencies, so I value both equally based upon this (although all software *should* be free...) Just my .02. Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/