Re: [tlug] [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

[Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion@example.com>]

On 4 juil. 07, at 11:46, Darren Cook wrote:

> But companies like to have that option. And so they avoid GPL.

All the discussions around pro/vs GPL seem to revolve around this: do  
companies have the option to do as they like or not ?

Is it possible to see code as not a mere commodity for companies to  
make profit out of ?

> So GPL projects miss out on lots of developers and users, and  
> instead the functionality of that project has to be re-invented.

And when it is reinvented in GPL is ceases to run the risk of  
becoming a mere commodity.

There _are_ markets that do not revolve on economic profit...

Jean-Christophe Helary