On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Alan G Isaac <alan.is...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/27/2013 2:24 PM, Artur Wroblewski wrote: >> We might have some evidence that this or that license worked well for >> a given project, but purpose of a license is to give various groups of people >> certain rights. Simple as that. > > > Well, no. Did you read the piece by John Hunter > that I posted? > http://nipy.sourceforge.net/nipy/stable/faq/johns_bsd_pitch.html > He explains his reason for switching a very important > piece of software, the widely used Matplotlib library > for plotting in Python, from GPL to BSD. As this > piece makes clear, from the point of view of those > who create the code, it is certainly not as > "simple as that".
I understand, but it is his own experience or even matter of just an opinion, which we cannot generalize into "specific license gives more contributors" argument until there is proper research in this area done. To be clear with my bias. I am in favor of GPL, which will protect my rights as an user of rpy2 as my own software depends on it. [...] Best regards, Artur ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ rpy-list mailing list rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list
