On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Nikola M <[email protected]> wrote: > Therefore i see your question as mostly open source unfriendly in general. > > You never explained why you don`t like GPLed software , I am only > guessing it might have something to do with your intentions to misuse > free software.
Some of us are drawn to the FSF's philosophy - and thus the GPL, while others of us find it difficult to embrace. There are a slew of OSI approved licenses, all of which protect the openness of a project and its source code in slightly different ways. For those of us who are not in the "super-anti-proprietary" camp, these other licenses fit our needs quite well. For example, the CDDL does a good job of making it possible for "free, as in Stallman" code to live side by side with "open, as in BSD" and "closed, as in 'we don't have the legal right to redistribute'" code - something not possible with GPL(v2). Just because some of us don't buy into the FSF religion doesn't make us "open source unfriendly" at all. We're just less fanatical. Having said that, the rest of us aren't 'bad' just because we have different ideals; diversity is a good thing, as is tolerance! -John _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
