On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Pieter Hintjens <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Outback Dingo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I dont think its about closing any of the code off, I think its more >> about how someone can simple add other added >> parameters or restrictions on the code base which was originally a >> more open unrestricted license > > But you're fine with commercial software developers making closed > source products based off the code base? > > If yes, then don't you realize you're granting them the right to add > restrictions? > > And if no, then you really should not be using the MIT license but > instead, the GPL. > > Perhaps the issue is that we have two sets of expectations, one for > commercial developers (who we excuse when they relicense MIT/BSD/X11 > code) and one for free software developers (who we expect to play by > our rules). But this division is inaccurate. >
Even I have added a commercial encryption extension to babel, and not released it And have done development works on babel that would in some cases fall under potential government restrictions on releasing the code. Which is why babel was chosen in the first place, because it was capable and properly licensed for the purpose we needed it. I couldnt have accomplished this under the GPL, so yes from a commercial aspect, the MIT/BSD Licenses is LESS restrictive in my opinion. > My strong advice is to use GPLv3 in any case, it's better for the > community and creates a level playing field. Your current license > favours commercial teams with no benefit to the community (no > incentive to contribute back). > And alot of us find the GPL to be far to restrictive when proprietary security extensions need to be applied, and its not only about commercial gain, its more about security of a software stack and the reasonable additions that can be protected when added under MIT/BSD and not under GPL in certain arenas where it benefits society, in the monitoring of various infrastructures in a secure fashion within reason. > -Pieter _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
