MARK CALLAGHAN wrote:
>> I do wish that a way could be found to move DTrace in Linux. The GPL
>> license issue is infuriating: Linux can take DTrace under GPL because they
>> would have to publish any changes to DTrace under the original DTrace
>> license, and GPL doesn't permit giving back. Grrrr.
>>
>
> Double grrr. I have spent the past week working part-time trying to
> find out what a certain storage engine is not as fast as I want it to
> be on a certain workload. It isn't CPU bound. It is wall clock bound,
> at least I need to figure out where the wall clock time is spent.
> Guess, rerun, guess, rerun, wish for OpenSolaris, rerun.
>
>
It is rare that one can devise a mathematically rigorous proof that
someone behaves like a pig headed jerk, but this is one.
First, a definition. A pig headed jerk is a person or organization that
refuses to cooperate on a win-win situation with like minded folks with
a clear, mutually beneficial gain.
Now, the proof:
1. Create a new software license by taking the GPL and replacing all
occurrences of the work "gnu" with the word "new". Call this new
license the NPL (New Public License).
2. Assume there exists two pieces of software A and B that work well
together, but A was developed under the GPL and B under the NPL.
3. It is illegal under both NPL and GPL to combine A and B despite
the fact that the motivation, thinking, and law of NPL and GPL are
identical.
Ergo, both GPL and NPL meet the definition of pig headed jerks (PHJs).
Q.E.D.
--
Jim Starkey
President, NimbusDB, Inc.
978 526-1376
