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I wish people would comment instead of down voting; it's very difficult to have a discussion when people don't voice their thoughts.

Nothing I said is factually wrong. The GPL, the version they use, has the upgrade clause, and v3 lets me remove restrictions on use.



Or at least comment in addition to down voting :) I up-voted just to balance things out. Given the neutral fact-reporting nature of your comment, I would have just passed it over otherwise (no hard feelings, okay?)


> Or at least comment in addition to down voting :)

Yes, that is what I meant :)

> I up-voted just to balance things out.

I'm always hesitant to seem like I'm "complaining about down votes" when all I want is an actual discussion. I'm not trying to fish for anything; I honestly want to know if I'm wrong, but more importantly why!


For the same reason I've sometimes included a statement like "If you choose to down vote, I'd appreciate it if you'd also take the time to reply in a comment. I'm interested in hearing what you think!" I want to make clear that I'm not opposed to people down voting me. I want to improve my comments, and that's hard to do if you don't know what you're doing wrong.

Edit to add: Oh, and to be clear, I didn't read you as complaining.




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