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Berin Loritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Kevin A. Burton" wrote:
> >
> > > What I would like to see is something *better* than the JCP. I believe in
> > > open research. OSS fits a great many needs, but there are some key points in
> > > Free Software (GPL/LGPL) that I don't necessarily agree with.
> >
> > I don't think that *anyone* should have problems with Free Software itself.
> > Apache is Free Software. I think you probably mean copyleft. Copyleft is a
> > controversial concept and I think it is still a number of years until it is
> > really appreciated.
>
> When I spoke of Free Software, I spoke with the definitions that Richard
> Stallman uses--which excludes Apache. Apache is OSS compliant though.
Send Stallman an e-mail right now.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He will tell you that Apache
*is* Free Software.
It is important that we don't forget this! :)
> As to Copyleft appreciation, I used to be a proponent of that approach. The
> benefit of Copyleft is obvious to many people, however it's license is not
> written in an easily understood manner. This leads to potential violations
> whether intentionally or not. The simplicity of the Apache Software License
> or the X Server License makes using them easier. I am more confident with
> those licenses because I can usually incorporate any code I want and all will
> be well.
There are paracitistic violations that the copyleft prevents. If you are not
afraid of this (which I assume many OSS fans are not) then BSD/MIT licenses are
fine. I personally straddle the fence.
> My conclusion of the whole licensing issue is this: for the desktop or user level
> software use the GPL, but for server side stuff where you need to provide dynamic
> elements that are corporate specific use an ASL style license.
I think that is over simplyfing. There is a lot of server level software that
is GPL.
> There are fewer issues to deal with when you use this type of approach. I am
> pretty pragmatic, and I use what works for me. Most of the time OSS works for
> me due to budget constraints (I would rather spend $2000 to fix a broken
> transmission than buy a new IDE).
:)
Kevin
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Kevin A. Burton ( [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
Cell: 408-910-6145 URL: http://relativity.yi.org ICQ: 73488596
My first job was programming binary load lifters, very similar to your
Evaporators in many respects.
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