>
> > Licensing is a full topic. But just because its no gpl compatable
> > doesnt mean it requires a license.
>
> What does that sentence mean?
License, aka pay for it. Thats the impression i got from the initial
email.
Being that php needed to be paid for.
> > Its not hard to break "compatability" with GPL considering how open
> > GPL is (well, it keeps things open, the BSD licenses tend to give
> > more freedom)
>
> The GPL offers a framework for freedom, whilst the BSD licence offers an
> escape. Choose your poison. :) At the risk of scaring some Libertarians, my
> lefty insides love having a framework - that's why the GPL appeals to me
> I'm surprised the strongly Libertarian amongst us haven't swarmed for the
> BSD licence. Perhaps it's an offshoot of the American requirement to negate
> any association with Communism when doing something for the public good.
BSD is somewhat self promoting. As it allows companies to take their
code and
sell it. Which is good, because it assures the code use will be of a
reasonable
quality (depending on how good the original code is). FreeBSD's tcpip
stack
is a popular thing to take. BeOS is grabing it i believe, in BONE.
Anyway some companies are nice enough to send patches back and help out.
I guess it depends on your way of looking at things. In some ways GPL is
good
and BSD is better in alot of ways. Alot of stuff is BSD like. Apache is
one of
the biggens. Its also suprising that alot of pretty essential packages
in linux
arent GPL (something i found interesting as i gradually updated and
replaced
stuff on my ex redhat 6.0 desktop).
Theres alot of philosophy i guess, and i think alot of free licenses
have poped
up as a consequence of this and as a consequence of subtle ambiguities
or small
points people arent comfortable with.
Which ever way it goes. $0 looks alot better to me than $1+ =) (plus gst
of
course)
Dean
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