Dear Les Mikesell On 19.05.2016 23:12, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Stefan Peter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> How can an open source project defend against the misuse of their project? > > First you would have to define misuse - of something the author wanted > to give away. Personally, I think perl got it right with the > dual-license that keeps it from being either locked into GPL-only code > or locked out.
But Perl is a language, not a program. In order to be able to penetrate into commercial entities, Perl had to have a non GPL license because GPL does not allow modifications without open sourcing them. This is frowned upon by companies beacuase of this: Salesman: Hey, this is our xyz product, it is so much better than the competition and you can get a license for only $$$$!!! Customer: But it is Perl, so I can download it for free from the internet! Salesman: No, you can't, because we have added our secret sauce to Perl and because it is licensed under the Arthritic License, we do not have to reveal the secret! So you can only get it from us!! Customer: Ok, where do I have to sign? How does this relate to BackupPC? Not at all, I think. Because we do not want commercial business to resell "enriched" BackupPC applications. So we demand that whoever enhances BackupPC does so by adhering to the GPL by opensourcing their additions/modifications. Re-licensing or dual-licensing under one of the permissive licenses would open the door to the scenario above. Whatever Perl (or Apache or OpenOffice or ..) has done in regards of licensing does not automatically server or apply to BackupPC. With kind regards Stefan Peter -- -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style for details) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
