Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 15:55:25 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Options for licensing perl scripts Message-ID: <4.1.19990302155403.00a0d9a0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903021746010.13282-100000@sonic.digital-web .net> References: <4.1.19990302143754.03fd0f00@localhost>
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The GPL is a bad idea because it would prevent people from using those scripts in, say, an embedded product such as a turnkey Internet router without publishing their changes to it. They'd probably just throw them away and do a needless rewrite. If you want to make any money off it, go closed source. If you just want to benefit fellow programmers, use the BSD license or just put it in the public domain. --Brett At 05:49 PM 3/2/99 -0500, Joseph Scott wrote: > >On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > >> The Perl community seems to frown upon closed source Perl. In their >> FAQ, they try to make it sound as if it's a lost cause to do >> anything that's not open source, when in fact it's just the tools >> that make it a pain in the neck. > > I wasn't considering closed source really. Just a different >license, more in the BSD vain that didn't require the person making mods >to give them back to the world. > > Then again I was also thinking that perl scripts may survive, and >not ruffle any moral feathers, as GPL just fine. > > >> >> --Brett >> >> At 03:30 PM 3/2/99 -0500, Joseph Scott wrote: >> >> > >> > With all the chat about GPL, LGPL, BSD, etc in regards to >> >licensing I was curious what options were available to licensing perl >> >scripts. Most of the ones that I've seen are usually the same as perl >> >itself, GPL or "artistic". >> > Honestly I haven't gone through the rather lengthly reading yet, >> >and was hoping to hear what others had done in this situation. >> > >> > >> >Joseph Scott >> >joseph@randomnetworks.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message >> > > >Joseph Scott >joseph@randomnetworks.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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