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Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)
Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc> writes:
> This presumes that NeXT would not have discovered the value of free
> software and done the right thing eventually anyways. I think anybody
> who truly believes in free software should believe in it for practical
> reasons. It's not just a religion - it's the right way to do
> business. Business can understand dollars, and free software can be
> demonstrated to provide value in terms of $$$.
>
> I think anybody who truly believes in the *merit* of free software,
> should be approaching companies who do not understand the merit with a
> business plan, not a class action law suit.
>
> Of course, if you don't believe in the *merit* of free software, and
> just think it's something cool to screw around with and force ideas
> down other people's throats -- Feel free to pursue the class action
> law suit approach, or consolidate ownership with the FSF and make it a
> straight forward law suit instead.
>
> Cheers,
> mark
>
> P.S. Objective C in particular has a sour taste in my mouth, as it
> seems to be a key component to Apple's vendor lock in strategy. If you
> can't lock people in through closed source - just choose a barely used
> open source project extension to base the entire front end of your
> software on and cross your fingers the rest of the world won't bother
> to catch up any time soon because it is simply too much effort.
This subthread no longer has anything to do with gcc.
Ian