Optimal license for Java projects ...

[John Cowan]

David Johnson scripsit:

> But Microsoft has not "embraced and extended" ftp, which is what the 
> scenario was describing, and which is what you admit as well.  

To call a statement an "admission" is an old debater's trick.

> "Embrace and extend" is an issue that transcends mere licensing. No 
> license is going to prevent it, and only a few could impede it with any 
> significant result.

Fair enough.  But certain kinds of licenses can make it more expensive.

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