On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 22:30 +0530, Shamit Verma wrote: > > > > please do - very curious to know why people who develop code in > closets > > choose the GPL for their so-called 'community versions'. > > > > > So that someone can not take community version of their code and > create > another commercial clone. If somebody does that, that clone would have > to > open the source under GPL.
so the purpose of GPL is to prevent people from making proprietary clones? I totally fail to understand the rationale behind this. If I have a plot of land, and someone encroaches on it - then I no longer have the land, unless I evict him. But software? Even if someone takes a copy and makes it closed - I still have my copy. So what do I lose? Software is not a commodity that can be bought and sold. Whether I give my software to someone, or sell it - I still have it on my repo, on my hard disk, on forks and on my backup. Why should I worry about it? -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
