pmd is great! something simmiliar for AS would be awsome!!!!!!!!!!! On 7/8/05, Richard Kilmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 8, 2005, at 3:44 AM, Luke Hubbard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I think it all depends on what kind of software it is. > > For MTASC its good for it to be GPL. Its a standalone tool and Nicolas has > put a lot of effort into and doesn't want others to profit from that work > and wants to retain control. I see it like the other command line apps you > get with Linux. For this type of app GPL makes perfect sense. > > For a framework or utility which you want other people to use then BSD or > Apache is best. If ARP was GPL I would guess there would be far fewer people > using to build applications. If you have coded in java you will know that > without Apache it would be much more work to build commercial applications. > > Agreed, and the reason that is the reason that ActionStep is BSD. InfoEther > (my company) decided to BSD license it specifically because we believe that > a component framework should be free for everyone (commercial or > non-commercial). If your company's competitive advantage is a specific > component framework, its a tenuous advantage at best. I mean, there is a > barrier to creation, but not that huge. An application built with a > component framework that solves some valuable domain problem in a unique > way...that's advantage. In addition...if you ever want to build a community > around something you build on a framework like ActionStep (one that includes > commercial and non-commercial folks), you want the barriers to entering that > community to be minimal, and a BSD attribution-type license is pretty > minimal. > > InfoEther also employs Tom Copeland, the author of PMD, a Java source > analysis system. ( http://pmd.sourceforge.net ) That framework is also BSD > licensed. We did not see PMD as a software framework that provides a > strategic advantage to our company. We wanted to build a community around > since it would benefit us, our customers who were paying us to write it at > the time (DARPA), and others who needed to use tools like PMD but wanted > better control/could not afford $$ solutions like JTest. The community > effect around PMD has been very strong, and several commercial entities have > rolled it into their solutions. > > But we don't feel stupid for choosing BSD over GPL ;-) > > -rich > > > Personally I prefer BSD / Apache. I see open source code reuse in > commercial software as a benefit for everyone. > Many great open source and commercial products wouldn't exist without it. > > Choose a license based on what it is you are building, do you want people > to 'use it' or 'build on it' ? > > -- luke > > > On 7/8/05, Nicolas Cannasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At Slashdot there is an interesting discussion going on about GPL and > > > BSD style of licensing os software. In particular i found this article > > > insightful: > http://bsd.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=155207&cid=13011294 > > > > > > I've never seen it that way. GPL gives the author great power and in > > > contrast to my ancient believe, the possibility to make money of his > > > work, because people "don't" want to gpl their derivative stuff. > > > > > > Do you know there any hidden reason for an author, not to use GPL? > > > > Not which I know. > > A GPL license give rights to the User of the software only, it says > shortly > > "you can use this software for free as long as your software is GPL". It > > doesn't remove any right of the author(s) so they're open to relicense it > > and then sell the code under another license to a company. Few years ago I > > did GPL paid development : the company wanted to have GPL software so > users > > can use and extend it but they wanted to keep the "basic" version with > > unrestricted licensing to include in their products. > > That's why IMHO GPL is a good compromise if you want at the same time to > > write great software and share it with community and preserve your rights > to > > live from the software you're writing. That doesn't means as the slashdot > > post author says that people using BSD license are stupid, it's just that > > they have different goals. > > > > Nicolas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > >
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