On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:13:31AM -0600, Jon Schewe wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 09:13 -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
> > In the end, you basically suggest that the sole advantage of the BSD
> > license over the GPL is that the BSD license attracts developers who want
> > to use a proprietary model of software development. In other words, the
> > BSD license is best for those who would like to profit from our code
> > without giving back any code to the developer community. What's good
> > about that? That clearly is the core issue. Couldn't you have left off
> > nearly everything else and just told the reader why he should want his
> > code to be used in proprietary software projects that compete with open
> > source projects?
>
> What about people that want to use your project and are willing to give
> back to the project patches to improve the project, but are unable to
> open source the software they are writing that uses your project?
What about them?
Why would they be unable? If they are unable to open-source the
project (because they are just programmers and not
managers/vice-presidents) then maybe they don't have the authority to
commit the company on using the free software in the first place.
florin
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