On 4 Apr 2006, at 01:41, Matthew Garrett wrote:
If you wish to have control over your creative works, I'd suggest not basing them on GPLed code.
Many people seem to forget that there is a difference between legal compulsion and social courtesy. While you are right that there was none of the former, you're forgetting that in a civilized culture we try to do the right thing even when there's nobody standing behind us ready to force us.
-J.