[ros-dev] GPL Microsoft Code in the CRT

[Mike Swanson]

We do have the right not to use the code, but there should be a better
reason than "because it's made by Microsoft"

On 11/27/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu at videotron.ca> wrote:
> There is a clear differnce between closed leaked source code and GPL
> code donated to the community. The whole point of the GPL is to benefit
> the entire base of developers and users with your code. If we're going
> to start behaving like immature brats "oh noes! It's MS GPL! ewww it's
> got the cooties!" then all we're doing is undermining the very essence
> of the open source movement. If you want MS to change their practices
> and start embracing this practice, it's not by denying them the right to
> have their code used that you're going to be helping things. By denying
> their code, you're just acting selfishly like a child and will make them
> think twice about what the whole point of Open Sourcing software is, if
> they're still bring treated like shit?
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu
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Mike