[kerakaali]

> It's like starting to sing "happy birthday to you" and being surprised that people in the room join in and finish the song.

A very apt analogy that's funny in that the happy birthday song has its own history of copyright battles.

[pms]

Funny, except the comparison makes no sense. Is the happy birthday song licensed, does it have commercial competition?

[samwillis]

Exactly why I chose it!

[pms]

Are you suggesting that GPL licenses should be invalidated and everyone should be able to use GPL code broadly, because it's free anyway? Is this some kind of modern reversed version of Robin Hood: steal from the poor and give to the rich? Is this what you're standing for?