On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:28 PM, David Herron <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Okay, my early grok of the answers is that there isn't an actual legal > hurdle .. someone else using the module won't be subject to the viral > effect of the GPL in other words. > I wouldn't be too sure of that, unless you can point to actual legal precedent. That's one of the problems; until the terms of the GPL are tested in court in a JavaScript case, to the point where someone can point to case law and demonstrate that, the viral nature can be argued amongst us non-lawyers, but we don't really *know*. Again, what is the legal definition of "linking" in JavaScript? > It's more of a community dislike. Am I reading the reaction correctly? > > Which reminds me of a quip I read a long time ago, which went something > like:- I want everyone else's code to be under the BSD license, but I want > my code to be under the GPL .. > > Basically meaning the tendency is to want do as much as possible with > other peoples code while putting as much protection around my code. > > Maybe there's a license I don't know about that's a good happy medium > between the extremes of BSD and GPL? > Well, first, you'll need to explain why you consider those extremes. :-) If you're looking for a license that is not either of those, what is it that you want to achieve with the license, and how do you anticipate enforcing your choice? -- Martin Cooper + David Herron > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
