Michael Hein wrote:
> Do you mind posting the dual MPL/BSD you used .... the more I learn about GPL
> this seems quite attractive
You can find it at
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html
Another example is (see question 1)
http://xmlsoft.org/FAQ.html
Daniel Veditz raises the question about a BSD-like license being too permissive,
and indeed it is. I am also convinced that it will spark discussions as Daniel
mentions.
However, the experience from the two above-mentioned projects is that
proprietary
projects, which uses your BSD-like covered code, will usually contribute their
modifications back voluntarily. One motivating factor is configuration
management
-- it is much easier to upgrade to a new version of the open project, if the
modifications have become part of the Open project. It is also the experience
that
such contributions, as they are made by professional developers, are of a high
quality.
Then there is the pervasive fear in the Free/Open Source community that
proprietary
companies will "steal" the code (that is, extend the code without contributing
anything back). This has certainly happened in the past, and will certainly
happen
again. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. If they build upon your
code,
then you have less work to catch up, than if they made their own, and most
likely,
incompatible implementation.
