> It also doesn't help that my comment was upvoted a few times, and when Dons & Co. replies, it drops to -3. Interestingly, I saw it happen almost everywhere.

> It also doesn't help that my comment was upvoted a few times, and when Dons & Co. replies, it drops to -3. Interestingly, I saw it happen almost everywhere. It looks like people are more likely to down-vote comments which are contradicted by a recognized authority. This is of course not a good thing. > You aren't really an outsider considering your participation in the Haskell Cafe mailing list and being credited in Real World Haskell. I didn't post more than a few messages, 2 years ago, and I posted about 3 minor comments in Real World Haskell. I've read a few papers, but seldom have written anything (except http://www.loup-vaillant.fr/articles/assignment http://www.loup-vaillant.fr/articles/assignment of course). I'm not an outsider, but hardly what I consider to be an Insider. > You also don't have any proof that most software is custom or private. I don't. But in this (huge) niche, my point still stand: being afraid of the GPL is silly. Corporations that are should stop being. > you cannot deny that the shrink-wrap industry is huge I cannot and I won't. > The answer is to avoid GPL code in the language […] Yes, assuming you want the (proprietary) shrink-wrap industry to use Haskell. I want it gone. Therefore, I see the GPL as the solution.