I will share what little I know for past discussions i am sure David will respond with his own. if a person is working for a company they would have to share the code. most companies consider it intellectual property they paid for and do not want to share it. so a project that is has a license that says any code used commercially must be put back in the project would stifle the project.
This is fine for developers like you and I that don't mind contributing. but even some developers want to guarantee that their work have some reward other than just sharing their work. [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent the following on 10/12/2007 9:12 AM: > David > > This is the second refence to the HPL in the last few days where you have > expressed your unhappiness with it. I have read it through several times > and can find nothing onerous in it (unlike the no commercial use clauses in > some). > > While I find the Apache license ideal, I myself get rather aggrevated when > people use this Apache Licensed software for their commercial enterprises > and never contribute anything back. I consider them to be parasites. > > Anyway, can you describe specifically what you are not comfortable with in > case I have missed some lawyer stuff? > > Skip > > > > > > >
