Guys, We here talk about licence agreements and copyrights of digital property while in our country even in the Communication media seem to have very less ideas about it.
Trust me: http://www.cybernepal.com.np/article.php?aid=2500 :) regards, -bipin On 5/17/08, sarose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi David, > > GPL or GNU/Linux as a whole doesn't necessary reflects the only "Free > Software". There are string of OS and licenses that come under the > umbrella. Particularly, BSD variants kernel and the BSD license. > > GPL places lot of restriction, for example, It places restrictions on > derivative work, whether in whole or in part. This essentially means > that the GPL infects, like a hereditary condition or in other word > GPL'ed programs must also be GPL'ed! There are modified version of GPL > like GPL linking exception, Lesser GPL (LGPL) ease some of the > serious viral infection clause. > > The BSD license fits perfectly in both proprietary commercial and FOSS > world. In certain extend, It gives more freedom to proprietary gangs. > Take an example of Berkeley TCP/IP, used in lots of commercial product > including Windows. Proprietary Industry incorporate it for sole > purpose thus saving time and increasing productivity. Similar example > with Mach/FeeBSD which MacOSX is using. The good part of BSD being > friendly with proprietary world is it nowhere place any restrictions > on derivative works. The license restrictions are placed only on the > original work. I do agree there are some serious caveats /loophole in > BSD, makes a bad choice for hardcore FOSSian. However it still > maintain a bridge between proprietary and opensource world whereas GPL > divides two different realm and waging war of ideology. In BSD, both > are happy and healthy. > > Interestingly, we have Mozilla Public License which exploits both BSD > and GPL. A hybrid sort of. We all like to make two best license in > one. Now, the best I can say is MPL. > > Its upto individual to select or create new License. There are so many > licenses. The sole purpose of OpenSource License is to share ideas, > knowledge and protect the freedom. > > -- > Sarose > > On May 17, 5:50 pm, "Prasanna David G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Prajwal Tuladhar >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Is MySQL not an open source database after acquisition by Sun??? >> >> >http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/14/mysql-free-software-but-not-open... >> >> The above article is very misleading and confusing. >> >> GNU GPL - which is the Free Software license is much superior than >> other Open Source licences in that GPL makes sure that the software >> remains free for ever and no one can curtail the freedom of even its >> derivatives. >> >> But, on the other hand, Open Source initiative was started to please >> proprietary software makers. A software licensed under some open >> source licence can be taken by a company, modified and the modified >> version can become proprietary product of that company. This can >> never happen with GPL. The BSD license is one example of a Open >> Source license. >> >> The author of the above article doesn't seem to understand what "Free >> Software" means and what GPL is. Nowadays, these terms are very >> loosely used. No problem as long as they are used to promote >> Free/Open Source Software. But, when someone tried to compare between >> these two, he/she better be aware of the fact. >> >> For example, the Linux kernel is licensed under the GNU GPL. In my >> opinion, no problem if we call Linux as open source as long as our aim >> is to promote it - it is easier for lay people (non technical) to >> understand the term open source compare to Free software. But, as >> technical people, if we want to use the correct terminology, then we >> should use the term "Free Software" to refer to Linux. >> >> regards, >> Prasanna David > > > -- X-No-Archive: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
