On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Felipe Contreras <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Rogelio Serrano > <[email protected]> wrote: >> i think we already see that in the bsd's when companies get bsd code >> and dont give anything back. > > You mean the operating systems? I think if they used GPL, then > companies would just use something else instead. Maybe something > proprietary, but probably Linux. >
well linux has the momentum right now but the bsd came first. maybe the gpl is the reason linux overtook the bsd's or maybe its the development process or both. maybe its just too much centralization in the bsd development that held them back. linux has a more resilient and innovative community that the license made possible but i digress. >> when you think that most significant software development will be the >> reserve of closed proprietary companies then this is a problem. > > Licenses won't change that. > economics will. when your it department is composed of only 3 people and they are also the r&d then yeah you need to leverage open source most probably gpl so a bigger company cant take your code and bitch slap you in the face with it. > I wish some software I love was BSD licensed, because I could convince > my employee to ship it on products. And I would convince my managers > that contributing back makes sense, when I get some free time... > > Cheers. > well i dont need convincing the bosses to do that. thats sort of the strategic business policy where i work. > -- > Felipe Contreras -- quarq consulting: agile, open source _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
