> But we put the blame on very different things - I at least partly very > much do blame the "culture" that goes with the GPL. Corporate users > do see the hostility towards commercial use that we have in some > quarters. I don't support the hostility, yet I'd like to mention that it mostly doesn't come out of nowhere. There _are_ bad companies besides the good ones and they cause frustration. For example, if I want to watch a DVD, it takes more than a minute until I get to the actual content, because there is all text about what I am not allowed to do and how I can be punished. Yet, the DVD player I am using runs Linux with code I wrote. And I can't get the sources to the device driver for that codec chip I'd like to have. I can see that it might be irrelevant for Linux as a project, but on the individual level, this is frustrating and can easily scare talent away. I think this should be seen, too - for the sake of mutual understanding. > We should strive to make companies *like* the GPL, and encourage > exactly the kinds of things you mention. Yes!