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Re: [TSVN] To GPL or not to GPL

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2005-08-20 10:31:47 CEST

Toby Johnson wrote:

> I do think the GPL probably "scares" some businesses, so that may keep
> some of them from using or contributing to TSVN.

Maybe not from using it, but definitely from contributing to it. Someone
asking for a 64-bit version told me that he would love to try to make
this happen himself, but his company forbids them to look at GPL code at
all: they could be accused of using that code and then they'd have to
make their code GPL too. I know that's really a very low risk, but some
companies just don't take any risks...

Stefan

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