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GPL vs. BSD (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 21.06.2009, 04:37

> I don't think this has anything to do with NIH. It's simply that GPL is a
> very restrictive license rooted in some ideology.

Well, I haven't counted the universe yet (heh), but GPL seemingly outnumbers BSD a billion times to one. I'm not saying BSD isn't a hundred times easier to understand. And yes, providing full sources on the same site (even when mirrored hundreds of times elsewhere) seems ridiculous. But having sources is always desirable, esp. when you have to fork something due to no maintainer or broken main build.

> If you don't believe in that ideology to the fullest it is insane to make
> the requested sacrifice.

It's not that insane. The only halfway insane part is using copyright law to enforce it. Share and share alike. You like our code? You must share yours too if you use it publicly.

> Sooner or later you want to use some code for some minor product, and find
> yourself effectively excluded.

Not really, you can commercially use it, you just can't do it based upon closed sources. I imagine they are trying to prevent companies from dropping support on a whim or charging for simple bugfixes.

P.S. I have nothing against anyone using either license. (I think licenses are overrated anyways, attempt too much control over people, esp. EULAs.) However, I do wish it wasn't such a hostile "us vs. them" mentality.

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