On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Otavio Salvador <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 19:30, Jay Sorg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I would like to state that I support with this change.
> > In my experience, the GPL has only created more problems than solutions.
> > It seem like we get all the bad(companies pass us over) and none of
> > the good(changes are not put back upstream).
>
> I disagree. We (O.S. Systems) has been pushing hard to make everything
> on upstream and has been doing good up to now.
>
> > Usual we don't want or can't use the changes anyway so we are just
> > left with the bad.
>
> In this case you're violating GPL (if you put those into products).
>
That's the whole point. There are companies who will either find ways around
the GPL virality or will simply violate the GPL without care. Unless you
have the time and energy to pressure those companies into contributing their
code, I don't see much use in having such a viral license. Also, even if you
manage to pressure people into releasing their source code to comply with
the GPL, you probably would not want the code anyway, since it's probably
hackish and specific to certain needs (not ready for contribution or
external use). I think we should focus on working with the people that are
willing to collaborate than working with people who aren't willing to
collaborate. By switching to permissive licensing, we will get contributions
from people that are actually willing to contribute in the first place.
>
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