Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:30:25 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd should be rewritten based on microkernel architecture Message-ID: <20200417213025.16ba5877.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkMQf9Gs2bujJZjR0Gcv3nyig_FgcGc8m8282fB8_e_Xg@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f1496d1f598c84b3871b630f161256e152aca75.camel@tom.com> <CAGBxaXmvde89R%2BREcup9PEV6SAzQAitwHn9og92uz51GYpu%2B%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJNuHwewpssL-t49D9pLYWNqYqwAzx4bE2eQdtow05=E9UY5Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXmvaNtiFZiza_fGrHzWAcMp64d_NWstwvvVvQ959oGWHQ@mail.gmail.com> <681077991.2278153.1587146552233@mail.yahoo.com> <CAGBxaXkMQf9Gs2bujJZjR0Gcv3nyig_FgcGc8m8282fB8_e_Xg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:18:07 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > As a *programmer* I make my living from writing code and the fundamental > problem with GPL is it forces me to give away the one way I make a living > (I do not sell hardware, IT services, movie rentals, etc.). How is it > fair under any possible definition of fair to force me to give away the > thing I need/use to survive? The _choice_ of licensing terms is very important to a programmer. The BSD license has been criticized as a "rape me license" quite often. However, if a developer is fine with that, and intendedly wants to allow others to make money using the code he wrote, the BSD license can do that. (It might be worth noting that copyright and "inventorship" have nothing to do with licensing.) Other licenses such as the CDDL and the different GPL versions grant rights to potential users in _different_ ways. Licensing terms in commercial software can be totally different (and sometimes can allow legally justified harm toward the user). Given the terms that the GPL requires, the programmer who wishes to make money with his work will have to be quite careful in how far he lets GPL-licensed material dictate how he works. The common consensus is: If you don't agree with it - don't use it. So the programmer simply has to avoid GPL-licensed material. That is the choice _he_ can make. The creators of the licensed material already made _their_ choice - by choosing GPL. That doesn't of course please everyone, but it is a valid decision. The fairness in this context is that _you_ cannot be forced to give away your work for free, but it requires you to _not_ use GPL-licensed material. The construct here is: You want something - you do something. (And likewise: You don't want something - you don't do something.) Yes, this is oversimplified. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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