Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:39:43 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL alternatives Message-ID: <19990520093943.B240@whizkidtech.net> In-Reply-To: <19990520003231.C69023@bitbox.follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Thu, May 20, 1999 at 12:32:31AM %2B0200 References: <4.2.0.37.19990519114402.00b37230@localhost> <4.2.0.37.19990519103533.00b3d380@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.00.9905191327060.4442-100000@super-g.inch.com> <4.2.0.37.19990519114402.00b37230@localhost> <19990520001613.B69023@bitbox.follo.net> <3.0.6.32.19990519172425.009633f0@mail.bfm.org> <19990520003231.C69023@bitbox.follo.net>
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On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 12:32:31AM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 05:24:25PM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > > At 00:16 20-05-1999 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > >If you feel you need to protect the code from "exploitation", consider > > >using the NPL (with the initial developer clause) instead of the GPL. > > > > What is NPL? Where is it available? > > The Netscape Pulic License. It is linked off www.mozilla.org, at > least. (It is the license Mozilla is under). Hmmm... I just read it. I am not sure I would want to release my code under it. I think if we wanted to send letters to authors of gpled software, the artistic license would be a much better alternative. It is also the only free software license which allows to "make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder." It also prohibits others from outright selling the package (while reasonable copying fees are acceptable). That is one of the things I dislike about GPL the most: It encourages others to make profit off someone else's (possibly hard) work. Artistic license also permits software to be distributed along with non-free software, so the Borg aspect of GPL is eliminated. Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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