Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:42:15 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Bruce Montague <brucem@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu>, doc@freebsd.org, Mike Miller <mbmiller@taxa.epi.umn.edu>, Jon Schewe <jpschewe@mtu.net>, TCLUG List <tclug-list@mn-linux.org> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] errors in "Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project" Message-ID: <200702271242.16644.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1172582011.26051.29.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0702260858530.21956@taxa.epi.umn.edu> <1172582011.26051.29.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net>
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On Tuesday 27 February 2007 08:13, Jon Schewe wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 09:13 -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > > In the end, you basically suggest that the sole advantage of the BSD > > license over the GPL is that the BSD license attracts developers who want > > to use a proprietary model of software development. In other words, the > > BSD license is best for those who would like to profit from our code > > without giving back any code to the developer community. What's good > > about that? That clearly is the core issue. Couldn't you have left off > > nearly everything else and just told the reader why he should want his > > code to be used in proprietary software projects that compete with open > > source projects? > > What about people that want to use your project and are willing to give > back to the project patches to improve the project, but are unable to > open source the software they are writing that uses your project? Not to mention the whole BSD TCP/IP stack deal that improved interoperability of the internet since it wasn't encumbered with a more restrictive license, and thus both Open and Closed Source products could use it. The BSD license is about letting people share code with a very wide audience. -- John Baldwin
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