On Oct 23, 9:39 am, Jeremy Hinegardner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do I even dare inquire about how 'the GPL might be unwelcome' ? Lots of companies are afraid of GPL. Specifically, afraid of having a product that requires GPL. There's good reason -- it's why it's called copyleft, afterall. MIT/ BSD/etc... is copycenter. :) When I write code and give it away it's because I want to ensure the most people *can* use it. I have no doubt someone, somewhere is using something I wrote in a closed-source commercial product and it's making them money. In practice, I've received contributions from companies doing this sort of thing (some small, some very large). That these guys were able to feel comfortable using my code with no obligation to reciprocate has led to some really great contributions. :) I'm hoping to avoid a philosophical argument. I think RMS and the GPL have done great things for open source. Without someone pulling so hard on that side, we wouldn't be approaching the wonderful middle. :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beanstalk-talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/beanstalk-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
