Re: Using GPL for LibGTop with an exception for the GNOME Project

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> I understand your frustration, but the question here was "GPL vs 
> LGPL", not "GPL vs non-copyleft". The worst thing that can happen
> to libGtop is that a proprietry vendor dynamically links to it.
> 
> Who knows, this may even serve to educate the vendor.

Well, what a better way to educate this vendor than making him aware
of the virtues of free software?  If Gtop were released under the GPL,
who know, maybe a big program of his, say, a distributed system
monitor would be donated to the community under a free license?

MIguel.