On May 10, 8:12 am, Justin Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My thoughts on the GPLv3 are mixed, leaning towards not favourable. > One the one hand it seems like a good idea to encourage more code to > be contributed to the community. However, "Distribution" seems to be > something as simple as copying a file from one project which was > developed for client A and using it in a project for client B, meaning > you are then obliged to make the whole source of both of your projects > available?
I believe your only "obligation" is to make your *change* available under GPL -- after all, that is what you are distributing. The rest of both projects, assuming they remain private in a single organisation, would not have been distributed. > And therefore Dual Licensing just feels like a burden > because you have to be careful with what you do with your source: code > re-use flys out the window unless you are willing (and able) to pay. Well I'm happy to hear arguments of this nature backed up with real world examples of where people are being burdened. Can you give examples of where this would have been a problem had earlier versions of FarCry been GPL? I need concrete case studies to process so that we can tell how people are likely to be impacted. Most seem "worried" about the GPL, because it gives them a "bad feeling". Heh, don't get me wrong I use to feel that way. It think it stems mostly from a lack of understanding of how it all works, and what we don't understand we don't want to deal with. Care is only required if you want to keep your code closed-source. Presumably that is because there is a commercial benefit in keeping the code that way. When I run through the scenarios of when and how it impacts people -- its invariably because they are trying to protect some commercial interest from the rest of the community. And like I've said before, that's fine -- but perhaps they ought to pay for the privilege and thereby better ensure the future of FarCry by funding its developers. Thanks for contributing to the discussion, -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ PS. Note I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" 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/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
