On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected] > wrote:
> 2010/12/9 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > >> >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Steve Lindsay < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Dec 9, 8:43 am, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Besides, as we discussed, GPL is a terrible license that basically >>> takes >>> > away all your rights and forces anyone that uses it to do the same. >>> > >>> >>> > The GPL is not a terrible license just because it does not make you happy. > Oh I'm not saying this because the license doesn't make me happy. It's a license, it's not like I have to share a room with it or something. The only reason why I'm saying this is because I have yet to come across a company/organization that hasn't banned the GPL across the board. I've also come across a few fire drills where the possibility that some code might have been shipped with GPL code in it and I can tell you that this mere possibility kept all the executives up at night and on weekends for months. That's what makes me say it's bad. > Just think without the GPL the author(s) may not have released anything, at > least because of the GPL younow have a choice. If you dont like the > licensing agreement, go somewhere else. > It's funny that you think "take it or leave it" is a choice. > Its not fair you want software to be completely free which is one of the > aims of the GPL, and yet you charge to deliver a solution to a customer(s). > Hundreds of businesses work with this model on a daily basis, I don't really have a problem with it as long as you don't violate the rights of the person's whose work you are using. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
