On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 6:41:56 PM UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: ...
> TBH, since no one here is known or cared for, so what is the Ultimate > Difference? > I think, adding an open source license to my code, just shows everyone, who is interested to read, use and modify the code, how it is intended to be used, now and in the future. Adding an open source license grants everyone, rights in advance. So there is no need to waste time and money, to find out, what is allowed and what not. ... Is this a hot sweat over nothing? :-) > No. IMO Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Creation> wouldn't be successful, without GPL. GPL allows everyone to commercially use the software, but it also forces everyone to release modified source code with the same license. Only this behaviour keeps the software open and available to everyone. A little bit of history: http://www.channelfutures.com/open-source/brief-history-free-and-open-source-software-licensing Because we have open source licenses, attached to a very large portion of commodities, we consider for granted, there seems to be no problems, without open source licenses. ... Just image a world where the majority of the internet would be based on proprietary licenses only. have fun! mario -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/62ee514d-98c2-454c-a204-87d3ad4e12d0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
