Which distro for the enterprise now?

On Feb 3, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Craig White wrote:

> Clearly
> the GPL license was written in contemplation of the fact that this is a
> capitalistic society and that the code would not become the provincial
> domain of any corporation, large or small, public, private or
> non-profit, but would be available for use, study and modification.

But the GPL allows exactly that the code can become "the provincial
domain of any corporation , large or small, public, private or
non-profit" or any other organization. You, among others, have softly
chided me for being naive enough to ever believe otherwise, though you
did it with some sympathy.

So to set the record straight, the GPL imposes *no* obligations on any
corporate entity to make derived programs available for use, study or
modification no matter how widely those programs my be deployed. So if
you are contemplating an 'open source' release, consider the RPL. It is
much better at keeping derived works in conformance with the free
software definition.