Good god, here we go again with licensing discussions.

Some thoughts.  First, licensing is a good thing to talk
about when you start a project, or at least decide
to propel it into the OSS realm.  But once you get
there, it's a done deal.  Plex86 is LGPL for good
reasons, none of which matter now.  If I did it
again, I'd use LGPL again.

If one steps back a minute and looks at the big picture,
it is more obvious that the real issues regarding
many of these GPL vs LGPL discussions stem from
architectural defects in the software, not the
fscking license.  Make everything modular by design,
give it a "library" license and then you can share it.
This of course means you need a common interface.  Those
are technical issues.

But the biggest problem is that us OSS idiots repeatedly
reinvent stuff over and over and over.  Then squabble when
we have trouble sharing code, because of inane licensing
issues.

"Fail to plan, plan to fail"

My suggestion is that if sharing is desired, pursue a
common modular plugin interface.

-Kevin


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