DOS ain't dead

GPL vs. BSD (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 19.06.2009, 06:54

>
> > but I have doubts, it is GPL, which I prefer to ignore for
> > certain reasons.
>
> Because you can't use the source to make money? Although I don't fear to
> release my own work with a 2-clause BSD-type license (or sometimes as
> Public Domain), I don't think using the GPL is too egoistic either.
>
> However I'm not that sceptic about giving little hints about the binary's
> operations to people either. Think of it as technical documentation, which
> of course is usable for software licensed any way. Just don't copy the
> provided source code because that's restricted to the GPL.

The *BSD camps seem to strongly dislike GPL, and they flat out refuse to touch GPL3. Hence, they are scrambling to get away from GCC although that isn't too feasible just yet (PCC is weak, Clang sorta works, but only GCC supports Obj. C and C++ well enough so far). Honestly, I think we all waste our time due to silly politics, marketing, etc. I think if we all weren't so petty and argumentative, we'd get more done. But NIH is a strong disease, apparently. (I prefer no license at all, honestly, pure "public domain", but at the same time, having full sources is definitely ideal.)

Complete thread:

• New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - ecm, 15.06.2009, 21:33 (Developers)
  • New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - Japheth, 16.06.2009, 17:21
    • New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - ecm, 16.06.2009, 21:23
      • GPL vs. BSD - Rugxulo, 19.06.2009, 06:54
        • GPL vs. BSD - marcov, 20.06.2009, 14:09
          • GPL vs. BSD - Rugxulo, 21.06.2009, 04:37
            • GPL vs. BSD - marcov, 21.06.2009, 14:30
              • GPL vs. BSD - Rugxulo, 22.06.2009, 10:11
                • GPL vs. BSD - marcov, 22.06.2009, 16:07
                  • GPL user restrictions ? - ecm, 23.06.2009, 00:35
                    • GPL user restrictions ? - marcov, 23.06.2009, 10:11
                      • GPL user restrictions ? - ecm, 23.06.2009, 13:05
                        • GPL user restrictions ? - marcov, 23.06.2009, 16:39
                          • GPL user restrictions ? - ecm, 23.06.2009, 20:55
                            • GPL user restrictions ? - Khusraw, 24.06.2009, 20:08
                              • Commercial philosophs - ecm, 25.06.2009, 02:51
                                • Commercial philosophs - Khusraw, 25.06.2009, 08:47
                                  • Commercial philosophs - ecm, 25.06.2009, 16:31
                                    • Commercial philosophs - Khusraw, 25.06.2009, 16:50
                                    • Commercial philosophs - marcov, 25.06.2009, 21:44
                                      • Commercial philosophs - ecm, 25.06.2009, 23:34
                                        • Commercial philosophs - marcov, 27.06.2009, 14:09
                                      • Commercial philosophs - Khusraw, 28.06.2009, 13:16
                                        • Commercial philosophs - Rugxulo, 01.07.2009, 22:52
                            • GPL user restrictions ? - marcov, 25.06.2009, 21:24
                              • GPL user restrictions ? - ecm, 26.06.2009, 11:27
                                • GPL user restrictions ? - marcov, 26.06.2009, 23:59
              • GPL vs. BSD - rCX, 25.06.2009, 18:01
  • New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - ecm, 03.05.2018, 12:55
    • New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - rr, 28.10.2018, 19:44
      • New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - ecm, 05.11.2018, 14:24
        • New RxDOS memory subsystem source code - rr, 05.11.2018, 20:52