Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:34:16 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting licensing quote (GPL) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010620133149.04876ca0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010620151210.A99772@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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At 08:12 AM 6/20/2001, j mckitrick wrote: > This article made me think about my own opinions of the BSD and GPL >licenses. I think I tend to come across as a bit of a GPL zealot, but I >can see how in some cases, BSD is a better choice. If the BSD sockets code >had been under the GPL, Microsoft wouldn't have used it, and likely as not they >would have developed a completely incompatible TCP/IP programming interface. >As it is, sockets have become something of a standard, and Unix and Windows >programmers can understand and modify each other's TCP/IP code >without too much trouble. So in this case, the BSD code has won a victory >for interoperability. And for standardization. The GPL discourages standardization by driving a wedge between commercial developers and developers of GPLed software. They must work from different code bases. And since even EXAMINING the GPLed code could make a commercial developer subject to accusation that he's created a derivative work, analyzing the two to see WHY they're not compatible is not feasible. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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