On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 08:20:33PM -0500, Marco Peereboom wrote: > It is because you do not understand the definition of free. Let me > quote some relevant passages from dictionary.com: > * exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc. > * able to do something at will > * exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, > burdens, etc. Any license at all is a release from the total copyright held by any author by default.
> * given without consideration of a return or reward The GPL 'gives' to the comunity in consideration of getting back enhancements to the origional. The BSD just gives. > * not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc. > Any licence short of releasing to public domain imposes _some_ restrictions. There are just fewer in BSD compared with GPLv2 and fewer in GPLv2 than in the proposed GPLv3. Doug.
