At Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:04:38 +0100, Niall Douglas wrote:
When I say fully tested, I mean for example some large company bundling GPL software with their proprietary system. Right now, companies such as MS won't even let a single GPL binary anywhere near their ISO's because of the legal uncertainty which surrounds the GPL - almost certainly, an aggregate of binaries doesn't invoke source disclosure but MS's lawyers will have advised them better safe than sorry.
The GPL is pretty clear about that. There is no uncertainty.
And that's a shame, because it's a pain in the ass for millions all over the world to have to go install various numerous addons to new installations of Windows which would be much handier if they came on the install CD (after all, we all don't have broadband internet yet!)
The biggest pain in the ass is windows itself. That has nothing to do with the GPL.
Jeroen Dekkers