Ed Leafe wrote: > On May 4, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Uwe Grauer wrote: > >> I don't get the point. >> Did Paul say that he doesn't like the GPL? >> Did i say something like this? > > Paul said "Best to keep it clean and just use 100% free as in > freedom code if you can help it.". (That's why I quoted that exact > text above my words). I know that English is not your main language, > so let me explain. This directly implies that GPL software is not > 100% free as in freedom, which is simply not true. >
I didn't get that it directly implies to be against GPL. >> As Dabo itself has a non restrictive License, you seemed to have >> reasons >> to not use a GPL License for Dabo. >> So what was your motivation? >> Why do you think using a full non GPL software stack is that >> different? > > Because we are creating a tool whose goal is to enable people to > build desktop apps, and we felt it was important that people not be > worried about these sorts of licensing issues. We support Microsoft > SQL Server, which is hardly what one would call a free product, > because there is a demand for it. We only use psycopg2 because that > was the product chosen by John Fabiani when he wrote the adapter. If > someone wants to write an adapter that doesn't use it, that would be > great. > > BTW, psycopg2 gives you the option of paying for a non-free license > if you need to release non-free software. That's exactly the approach > we originally took with Dabo: GPL in general, but with an optional > paid license. We got a lot of complaints from people who wouldn't > even *look* at the code, due to Microsoft's successful propaganda > campaign to associate such lovely terms as "viral" and "infected" > with the GPL. That's why we subsequently switched to the MIT license, > as it allows you to use the freedom we give you, and then turn around > and deny it to someone else. Sucks, but that's reality. > I know all that, and i also know the differences. But i see it as a big plus to be able to provide a non restristrictive solution to customers. I for myself can easily live with providing all of the source but sometimes customers do have problems with this. They sometimes even seem to have problems with having to pay for software. See: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED] That's why i like the combination of a non restrictive software stack. Uwe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/%(messageid)s
