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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gentle people,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>IANAL.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Is there any advantage to releasing software under GPL if you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have no intention of ever enforcing the license?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>GPL projects seem to require some form of licensing in order</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>for connected software to be compatible, which I interpret</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to mean connectable, bundle able, redistributable. Since most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>projects are collections of packages, many of which are GPL'd,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it seems that licensing under a GPL like license would be a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>reasonable thing, regardless of your interest in copyleft or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>not, even when you have no intention of ever enforcing a license</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of any kind.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Would it be reasonable to make the claim that there is no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>intention to enforce a license in the license itself?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carter</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carter Bullard</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>QoSient, LLC</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>300 E. 56th Street, Suite 18K</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>New York, New York 10022</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>carter@qosient.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Phone +1 212 588-9133</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fax +1 212 588-9134</FONT>
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