Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!

[Gabe Turner (officer) <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

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> This, in general, prevents a company from using code to their own
> advantage and not contributing back to the community. Which *can* happen
> with BSD-style licenses. Examples are endless: Solaris, the Strongarm web
> server, I believe even Windows contains BSD code (ping, etc)! These
> companies give nothing back, and that sucks.

This is exaclty the point of the BSD license.  If I write some code and I GPL
it, it's not "free" because Big Company X can't use it "freely" in their proprietary program.  It's kind of a paradox: The GPL doesn't let you make your code
free as it limits people to having to keep it free.  Make sense?  Maybe not,
but that's what I think.  IMHO, "Free" means no strings attached.  Every license
_except_ the BSD license have such strings.

Gabe

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