Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:01:14 -0500 From: Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@netzero.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD licence vs GPL Message-ID: <3A93BC1A.F7CF6FB5@netzero.net> References: <XFMail.010220231418.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > . . . If I'm giving it away, I'm giving it > away. This is one thing that really bothers me about GPL defenders. They seem to have a different definition of what it means to give something away. GPL'd code is not really free; you have to return your enhancements to the programmer. This is not like giving something away. If I give you a car and you add a new stereo system to it; the GPL would give me the rights to the stereo system. With the BSD license I have waived all my ownership rights to the car, requiring anything back from the next user just won't work. Will I get stuff back? Most likely. People who use free code tend to foster a desire to give free code over time. > Erm, just because a company uses a copy of my code in their closed source > program doesn't mean that the copy of the code I have given away magically > disappears. Once it is open, it is always open. Couldn't have said it better myself. Explaining it to someone who thinks the GPL is better just won't work though. I have been caught up in the debate on Slashdot before, it never ends. Kevin Brunelle -- "Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle and quick to anger." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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