From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 02:10:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5076D106566C; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 02:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 067FD8FC0A; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 02:10:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcni5 with SMTP id ni5so6651735obc.13 for ; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:10:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=d4lJsf8Vdfh5iz0dAWHp+0kP4RubV49fGCvnVOM1Ae4=; b=A88qWzeQBO3dpuLD9SKAOVHIIa2zBA8btFOYWcLRq+d193Mrj46JDBuYp9GEjk4O09 1Nx9S78YDmxDpV6Z4TIBORW+NinaKRFSfmk5LfwCj6PEOdZniZSK8V/2//gh3KFMv9Ib tRQLRl1Zr41bULU3eu83dPE669i9y/fxN8JjVSgFa6qRC0EYfgseuQrA/g6M5YRZ4lvZ +dEGNPQVN6DtcsspUjDFDiVnHgwYTfZbdB/iVJ/cKCWgG6x1PxJb95ZJo5glZeYkY68U 2WWlV7f1BWdF6QFh8T0Rf/66xAehC9SIuY80tsdD5By224F6pVyO1/x+N6SCL3y+TaLK rWlQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.159.5 with SMTP id wy5mr7887971obb.24.1338689442336; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:10:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.53.1 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 19:10:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FCABA18.4020405@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FCABA18.4020405@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 19:10:42 -0700 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good resources for BSDL vs. GPL? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:10:43 -0000 On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > Does anyone have a good resource for an objective discussion of GPL vs. > BSDL? The upstream for one of the ports I maintain is considering > switching licenses, and I'd like to present some non-inflammatory facts > for him to consider. > > Please cc me on replies, since I'm not subscribed to this list. > > Doug > > -- > > This .signature sanitized for your protection > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_licenses http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_licenses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_licenses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_licenses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Copyright_licenses http://news.slashdot.org/story/99/06/23/1313224/featuregpl-vs-bsd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses http://www.freebsdnews.net/2008/07/18/bsd-license-vs-gpl-license/ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/article.html http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/12/15/gpl-vs-bsd-a-matter-of-sustainability/ http://tips.developersvoice.com/bsd-or-gpl-choosing-an-open-source-license.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License http://whimsical.nu/2011/01/25/trying-to-choose-between-gpl-and-bsd-licensing/ If you search the following phrase in Internet you may find more links : bsd license vs gpl license Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk