Hi Simon,
Isn't that what the LGPL is for (if you're going down the copyleft
path)? Anyway, there is a good range of well-established and
well-understood open source licences available. I have released
different projects under both the LGPL and the AGPL3 licences. The
person who does the work of creating the code gets to make the choice.
Others get to use the code if they are willing to comply with the terms.
All the best, Grant
On 13/04/12 18:32, Simon Holywell wrote:
Calm down dude or you might end up here: http://xkcd.com/386/
Seriously though I hear your call of bollocks. Sounds like GPL works
for you and thats great, but until I see clear legal fact stating it
works generally then I will refrain from agreeing. My primary concern
is with linked libs.
Thanks,
Simon
On Apr 13, 2012 12:26 AM, "Dave Lane" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Simon,
On 13/04/12 11:07, Simon Holywell wrote:
> Also at a higher level. It is GPL licensed which kinda rules out
serious
> commercial use - see copyleft.
It seems to have become rather trendy to take that position. It is,
however, wrong, and quite counter productive.
What you are implicitly stating is that businesses only gain value
from
open source software where they have the ability to convert the
work of
open source developers into closed proprietary software. And that, of
course, is utter bollocks.
I suggest you talk to companies like Redhat, Instagram, Github,
Acquia,
Google, HP, Yahoo!, Facebook, etc. about the commercial
non-viability of
the GPL, I'm sure they'll be interested to hear your perspective.
Regards,
Dave
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