For the second time in six months, a flamefest has broken out between those who release software under the BSD (Berkely Software Distribution) licence and others who release software under the General Public Licence.
Full story »For the second time in six months, a flamefest has broken out between those who release software under the BSD (Berkely Software Distribution) licence and others who release software under the General Public Licence.
Full story »
spikeb
16 years 33 weeks 22 hours 19 min ago
because it's a fight between free
because it's a fight between free software and copyleft
kjakobsen
16 years 33 weeks 20 hours 28 min ago
Well metaphorically speaking, its
Well metaphorically speaking, its either a society without rules. Or a society with a constitution, that guaranties each citizen certain liberties.
Copyleft is also free software, but free software is not always copylefted.
aboutblank
16 years 33 weeks 18 hours 27 min ago
People do not know about user subjugation.
People do not know about user subjugation. Basically the BSD people find it acceptable if people subjugate others with their software. People that subscribe to the idea that it is not right to subjugate users from practising the four freedoms will use GPL. This is because it is the embodiment of the concept of how software should be shared in licence form.
dave
16 years 33 weeks 18 hours 15 min ago
I find that most people arguing
I find that most people arguing against the GPL are placing themselves in the shoes of the distributor rather than the end user when considering these issues.
The whole point of the GPL is to protect the end users' right to freedom... not the distributor's freedom to take the end user's freedom.
What we want is to protect the people being abused not assist the people who want to do the abusing.
akf
16 years 32 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago
Please keep in mind, that the code
Please keep in mind, that the code the BSD people moan about was dual-licensed. It explicitly said, that you can choose to redistribute it under the GPL. — That's why I don't understand it. The kernel people IMHO just did, what the author allowed them to do. Or is there something I'm missing?
By the way, I am a GPL fan. But that doesn't mean that I am against the BSD license.