On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 13:44 +0530, Shamit Verma wrote: > So that people who benefit from your efforts "have to" contribute back > by > giving access to source code for the enhancements.
the idea of *forcing* people to contribute is repugnant to me. They should have the freedom to choose whether to contribute back or not. BSD gives them the choice. > > Case in point, OSX. Linux/BSD do not have a desktop environment > comparable > to OSX. OSX is developed on top of BSD. If BSD license had terms > similar to > Linux, Apple would have had to provide source code for enhancements. > With > that, Linux would have benefited from a better user experience. I have used OSX for nearly three years and can testify that their desktop environment sucks big time compared to linux - no great loss. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
