On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Virgil Dupras <hs...@hardcoded.net> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > >> That's the point: selling, and commercial activity in general, is >> explicitly encouraged and permission granted by the GPL. Too many people >> speak as though it were otherwise. To those who do: Please stop. >> > > Please, GPL advocates also spread their own type of FUD, claiming > "free as in speech ain't the same thing as free as in beer, people!". > While true, the bottom line is that Python being BSD-type enables me > to make money with it that I wouldn't make if Python was GPL-type. > Moreover, I don't think that GPL license allows money-making that BSD > type wouldn't allow. Hence the common point of view saying "BSD-type > is more commercial-friendly than GPL". > > I've written an article last year that, while it doesn't address this > issue specifically, it touches it. > > http://www.hardcoded.net/articles/going_open_source.htm >
Can we please drop the GPL slap fighting? It's completely worthless here. Take it to reddit or someplace else. The Python / PSF license won't be changing anytime soon. Ben could have just have easily responded to Guido in private if he felt that strongly. jesse _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
