On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Otavio Salvador <ota...@ossystems.com.br>wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 16:05, Marc-André Moreau
> <marcandre.mor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > 2) With a reciprocal license, people will be forced to contribute back,
> but
> > they might not use the code at all because of that (chilling effect)
> > I agree that it is a possible risk, but I think that it is probably
> better
> > to go for something completely non-viral. The chilling effect is just as
> bad
> > as the risk of having people not contributing their code. However, I'd
> much
> > prefer having more people involved in the project than a smaller number
> of
> > people involved that all contribute code.
> ...
>
> If we had a feature-complete client I might agree with you but
> nowadays I don't. We lack too many features and the code contribution
> is a safe-path for us to get them done. If someone wants to have a
> closed client, go and do it from scratch.
>
If we keep our UIs such as xfreerdp or dfbfreerdp GPL'ed, this would mean
that people who want a closed client would need to write their own UI from
scratch, at least.
>
> --
> Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems
> E-mail: ota...@ossystems.com.br http://www.ossystems.com.br
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>
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