[CS-FSLUG] GNU believers
Aaron Patrick Lehmann
lehmanap at cs.purdue.edu
Wed Sep 1 18:10:14 CDT 2004
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 09:00:25PM -0500, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> >
> >Thus is my point. I have no trouble with someone taking my code and
> >making a
> >derivative closed-source version. I fail to see the "freedom" in a
> >liscense
> >that takes away choices from developers.
>
> Which is why it is good there is the BSD license. On the other hand,
> I would not release my code under a license that allows the code to be
> taken an not returned. I don't want someone to beat me at my own game,
> is it were, by taking my code, going proprietary and then feeding off
> my improvements to crush support for my open code base.
>
> I'm not saying the GPL is right for everyone, but I think it is
> still unfair to call it viral. It doesn't infect your code, it only adds it
> terms onto what you do when you are simply expanding *my* code.
I'm using the word "viral" in its technical sense. In other words, it tends to
spread. I'm not using it aas an insult. Possibly I was unclear about this.
Aaron Lehmann
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