On 12/13/06, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/12/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
..
> Now as far as what you're assuming might be true, for the record Aker
> doesn't use any GPLed code. :D
Hmm, I wonder why you are so quick to leap to the defensive. :D
Just to nip the bud of suspicion, that's all. :D
I don't understand why you hate the GPL so much, actually.
I don't know about "hate", it's such a heavy word... It's more that I
don't like it as much as I like the Boost Software License, the Apache
License, the MIT License, and even the BSD licenses. For instance, had
I put the library I've been working on under the GPL instead of the
any of the above licenses (Boost, Apache, MIT, BSD, and the like) I
would be limiting the user base by requiring that code/products that
link to it will have to be under the GPL too.
I agree
with Manny that there have to be some rules, otherwise the a$$holes
out there will ruin the party. It's like society: you give up some
freedom (i.e. you are not free to lie, cheat, steal, rape, or murder)
to get an overall better life.
I think there should be rules too, but I don't subscribe (anymore) to
the infectious nature of the GPL as far as licenses is concerned.
Maybe the LGPL might work, but that's essentially something like the
Apache or MIT license. Maybe I just have a different idea of freedom,
which pertains to usage/redistribution/modification of software source
code. But that's just me I guess.
--
Dean Michael C. Berris
http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/
mikhailberis AT gmail DOT com
+63 928 7291459
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