I agree with Corfield and approaching things that seem wrong from a spirit of curiosity, rather than defaulting to criticism is a better way to improve understanding. You miss wonderful opportunities to learn when you approach things like that.
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:54:36 AM UTC-7, Sean Corfield wrote: > > Perhaps a more productive way to approach this issue would have been > to ask if the group could point you to a discussion of why Clojure is > under the EPL instead of starting from a point of criticism, and > challenging the care with which the license was selected? > > Searching the archives would have turned up some _long_ threads about > this where it would have been clear that the license is not going to > change - as well as explaining why it is the way it is. For example: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure/bpnKr88rvt8 (from > 2008) > > Sean > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Kalinni Gorzkis > <musicde...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > I think that Clojure should switch to a better license with similar > spirit like Apache 2.0, BSD, or MIT. > > While the EPL doesn't have the evil "copyleft" requirement of GPL, and > therefore allows and encourages commercial uses of the code, it has a > requirement that makes it incompatible with the GPL: If you create modified > versions of EPL-covered software, you must slap your name (or any other > identity) on it. In my humble opinion, this restriction isn't justified. > (All, or most, creators of modified versions will do that anyway). It may > have been chosen uncarefully. Other permissive licenses better fulfill Rich > Hickey's spirit. > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
