On Tuesday 27 February 2007 08:13, 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? Not to mention the whole BSD TCP/IP stack deal that improved interoperability of the internet since it wasn't encumbered with a more restrictive license, and thus both Open and Closed Source products could use it. The BSD license is about letting people share code with a very wide audience. -- John Baldwin