So?
A hotly anticipated draft legal document attracts many questions from the Internet? All that proves is that the level of interest is high.

James, why haven't you ever compared the complexity or usability of the GPL to that of a proprietary software license agreement? Or to the terms of use on a website? Vaguely accusing the GPL of "complexity," in a vacuum, when one is neither a lawyer nor a software developer, amounts to nothing more than name-calling.

John, the GPL is a complex phenomenon because the only real standard in its interpretation is Stallman.

Noel, If I write a program and license it under the GPL, and you use the program but violate the license, and I sue you for copyright infringement, then how is Stallman involved? The "only real standard of interpretation" in that case is the court and its rules of license interpretation.

Your statement is as nonsensical as saying that the Microsoft Windows EULA is a complex phenomenon because the only real standard in its interpretation is Steve Ballmer.

Anyway, you didn't respond to my point - I challenge you to show that the GPL is more complex than a typical proprietary EULA.

John, remember that with the GPL, community enforcement stands alongside legal enforcement. I liken community enforcement, under the shadow of Stallman, as mob mentality.

J: "Vaguely accusing the GPL of "complexity," in a vacuum, when one is neither a lawyer nor a software developer, amounts to nothing more than name-calling."

N: "I liken community enforcement, under the shadow of Stallman, as mob mentality."

Case closed.

Noel, you *still* haven't responded to my point, which makes me think you have no answer to it.

As for community enforcement, what exactly does this "mob" do? They may criticize GPL violators, attempt to shine a media spotlight on them, and refrain from buying the violating product. How are any of those things antithetical to the free market, which after all is based on the freedom to buy or not buy?