We have nice things - Thanks to RMS and his unwillingness to compromise on what he believes in. I personally feel that we/I owe him quite a bit for his work - I do not think that I would type this email on free SW without people like him.
Just my opinion based on my decades of observations of this world, T On Mon, 2017-07-24 at 20:45 -0700, Steve Dum wrote: > > Brian P. Martin wrote: > > > > > My suggestion: GPL v.3 or later. > > > > What about the so-called "viral" component of GPL? If someone take > > a > > script of mine and grows it into something bigger and better and > > amazing, I don't think I'm concerned about how they license it. As > > long > > as they don't restrict use of the original code or other people's > > ability to also grow that original code, I'm OK with them selling > > their > > new widget. > > > > > This is more like the BSD license which basically says the user > of the code can do what ever they want with it as long as they > preserve the copyrights in the code, and the documentation must > mention where the code came from. (real quick handwave of terms) > > The GPL's primary term is the 'viral'-ness. RMS is a strong holder of > the 'my way or the highway' position, but you'll notice that over > time > when people chose the highway, the edge became a bit fuzzy. > The 'GPL linking exception' is the prime example - and I think > only example. There are cases where one needs to link gpl code > into an app which is not covered by he gpl and so some finely > crafted exceptions were created to allow this. So if your code > is delivered as a library this would work. > > You'll have to choose your own poison - Either the BSD license, > or the GPL with linking exception allow what you want. you will > have to decide which of the other terms of these licenses meet > your intentions best? > > Steve > > > > -Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
