Well there is a major difference between the way Apple uses the BSD licensed code and the way Google does. Apple have taken BSD licensed code, made changes and then released it as proprietary code, whereas Google has taken it, made changes and then released it as BSD licensed code. Apple have taken away our freedom while Google retains it.
Having said this I am not a fan of permissive licensing. I would never contribute any code to a project that had such a license. Thanks Tim On 31 July 2011 07:33, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> wrote: > Schofield does mention use of BSD code and license on android. Now from what > we see apple has always taken this route and made a lot of money from it. Can > the droid people do the same? Seems to me that extremely permissive licensing > like that of the bsd people keeps them in the shadows. > > > regards > Joachim > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255758554413 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
