You are correct. I guess bottom line is I just see any additional restrictions as a bad thing - coupled with ain't broke don't fix mentality.
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Peter J. Farrell <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually Dave, nothing in GPL forces you to contribute it back to the > framework. The only things it forces you to do is that if you want to > *publicly distribute* a "patched" version of the framework -- you would need > to do so under the GPL. There is not patch police in the GPL. No > contractual obligations would be broken. Anybody can freely modify the > framework to their hearts content (not that modifying it is a good idea) > without the burden of having to release it to the public. GPL does not > restrict *any* internal usage of a modified version of the framework -- it > just states what you must do if you want to publicly release a modified > version. > > .pjf > > Dave Ross said the following on 10/15/2009 10:04 AM: > > My view is that OSS is self-governing when projects/communities are of > mach-ii size. > > Lets say I had to patch mach-ii for whatever reason. GPL forces me to > contribute that patch back. Most nice guys probably would do so anyways. > > What if: > > a) I was forbidden to do that based on some other contractual obligation. > b) I wasn't feeling nice. > > GPL forces me to be nice. I don't like being forced. What dissuades me from > patching the framework is that it's a standard framework, and the moment I > touch it I'm no longer using Mach-II. You don't need a license to keep > people from being stupid. > > -Dave > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Matthew Woodward > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:24:29 -0400, Dave Ross <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Going to a copyleft license means more thought process involved on the >> part >> > of developers and organizations in how the framework is used (although >> the >> > majority of use will comply with the GPL v3). >> >> Thanks Dave--curious specifically what you mean here. With the classpath >> exception it seems to me the only additional thought process in terms of >> how they use it would be if Mach-II is being modified; otherwise it >> shouldn't matter to anyone. >> >> > The only positive is the ability to incorporate other GPL-licensed code >> > into >> > the framework, but I just see that as very unlikely at this time. >> >> But you never know. We don't have anything specific in mind at this >> point, >> however. >> >> And I don't see that as the only positive by any means. Admittedly part of >> this decision is a philosophical one, and it's certainly not being made >> because we're scared someone is going to fork Mach-II. After discussing >> things we simply think this license makes more sense for this type of >> project, and at least from our perspective the downsides are non-existent >> in terms of how Mach-II can be used. >> >> Also given the features we have planned for 1.9 and 2.0 we'd like to >> better >> foster a community of contributions for add-ons (for lack of a better term >> at this point), and we feel a GPL-style license is a better way to allow >> that to happen. >> >> All this being said, we absolutely want to hear from users to whom this >> will have an impact that we're just not seeing at this point, so if >> there's >> a specific case we're perhaps not considering, please let us know. >> >> Thanks for the feedback--much appreciated. >> -- >> Matthew Woodward >> [email protected] >> http://mpwoodward.posterous.com >> identi.ca/Twitter: @mpwoodward >> >> Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, >> etc. as attachments. >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mach-II for CFML list. 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/mach-ii-for-coldfusion?hl=en SVN: http://greatbiztoolsllc.svn.cvsdude.com/mach-ii/ Wiki / Documentation / Tickets: http://greatbiztoolsllc.trac.cvsdude.com/mach-ii/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
