Re: [Trisquel-users] jQuery 1.8 released with an interesting license change

[ron]

I thinks it may be a trend that is starting to develop. Projects seem to be  
changing over to MIT and BSD type licenses. Someone please correct me if I am  
wrong, but from my understanding of different licenses, MIT and BSD type  
licenses do not ensure that a person does not lock up the software in a  
proprietary project. So I am uneasy seeing several projects start off or  
switch to these types of licenses. Projects I create use GNU GPL or AGPL to  
ensure the end user gets the same rights and access as the developer. My  
assumption is that projects are switching to this type of license because it  
may be easier to use the project in proprietary ventures and make money  
easier. If that is the case I am not sure how developers can be ok with the  
idea that someone out in the world could be making money off of your project  
by just adding a few things on top of it and not have to give back to the  
project at all. While my primary reason for supporting copy-left type  
licenses are more inline with the spirit of freedom, I also like copy-left  
because it says "Hey look, if I am going to share my code, you should agree  
to share yours as well." I am not sure MIT or BSD have this type of  
restriction. So, no I do not agree with it, but then again it is not my  
project.