On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 8:20 PM, 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 >
I agree with what you say - that is I agree with what you mean to say. But, I don't agree with your choice of the word "restrictive" on GPL. Actually, GPL doesn't allow anyone to "restrict" the freedom. Do you want to call that as a restriction ? Let me stop here. I think we have deviated enough from the OP. regards, Prasanna David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
