At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value.

The business model of Linux distribution is broken; it's like the business model of the dotcoms. Running your company on Linux is like running your company on Napster.

At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value.

Mark my words, there will be a day that will come when you will all see many, many documents that will directly contradict IBM's current public posturing.

I've been pounding the table here for a year or so saying there's no free lunch, and there is going to be a day of reckoning for every company that thinks they are going to try and sell a free model.