Fredrik, very nice writeup. It actually shows where the current discussion has gone wrong. Finding out the *requirements* first, then comparing them with the current situation and only as a next to last step decide on a license (be it an already written license or a completely new one or a modification of an existing license). The last step would be the license change itself.
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 11:40:54AM +0100, Fredrik Ohrn wrote: > Another observation is that companies in group 1 are in direct competition > with each other, so they want closed source. If TransGaming released their > DirectX work BSD style, Lindows would quickly be there to appropriate it. You miss one case here: Companies in group 1 that also want to make money with group 2s business model. They could do that easily and it would give them a distinct competitive advantage over the group 2 only type enterprises. Result: The group 2 only companies *can't* release their sources any more if they want to stay in business. Ciao Jörg -- Joerg Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know what proactive means.