Re: ChillDB License

2012-05-03 Thread Dave Everitt
I'll second that. I remember Ballmer's "Linux is a cancer..." and gave an overview of the origins and rationale to students in a (shame - the only Powerpoint) presentation I still use: http://www.slideshare.net/cubexplorer/opensource-5479951 - DaveE thank you Mr. Stallman. Thank you Mr. To

Re: ChillDB License

2012-05-03 Thread Anthony Durity
I'm not surprised people have an opinion and are informed about these things. I'm old enough to remember how Microsoft sucked the life out of the desktop software industry due to their anti-competitive practises. They were able to do this cuz they could keep their source code secret, it enabled the

Re: ChillDB License

2012-05-03 Thread Dave Everitt
Perhaps this rich seam of knowledge could be captured in a little Camping app: 'a guide to software licenses' :-) On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 10:35:45AM -0700, Trevor Johns wrote: MIT is marginally simpler to read and is unambiguous, since there's only one version. For this reason, it's my pers

Re: ChillDB License

2012-05-03 Thread Paul van Tilburg
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 10:35:45AM -0700, Trevor Johns wrote: > MIT is marginally simpler to read and is unambiguous, since there's only > one version. For this reason, it's my personal favorite. Heh. Actually, it is not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_license#Various_versions Or at the vary le