-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Decibel! wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 11:26:34AM -0700, John Locke wrote: >> As a commercial company, I prefer releasing code under the GPL instead >> of the LGPL (or the Apache or the BSD licenses, etc), simply because it >> prevents competitors from taking my code, extending it, and >> commercializing it without distributing their enhancements. The GPL >> keeps the playing field level, prevents my code from being unfairly used >> against me. As far as which version, I don't know enough about v3 to >> make an informed decision, so we're sticking to v2 for the time being. > > I view that argument as a variation on security through obscurity. If > another company can take code that you've written and do a better job of > selling it than you can then the problem isn't with them, or the > license... it's with your company.
Or its that the company that took the code has 22 million dollars in VC that isn't their money in the first place and has a marketing staff that could tell a sheep that polyester was wool. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGycj7ATb/zqfZUUQRAkjkAKCKj0RQsyj39loo8TTx8aMSgpjEfACghfoj 38qDC7bFHve5bEgBJwKAxOo= =VJUN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
