Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-25 Thread bruce
By the way, if you are looking for a license how-to, start with http://perens.com/OSD.html . It's not an instruction manual, but puts across most of the concepts. Thanks Bruce

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-25 Thread bruce
Have you looked at freshmeat.net lately? At least half of the program announcements there have "GPL" as their license. That's a lot more than it used to be. For the software I personally write, there really isn't much choice but the GPL. That's because I donate my time to increase the amount of a

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-25 Thread Paul Crowley
"Jacques Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The above list is not comprehensive, by any means. I begin to think > that this list might wish to work towards a License HOW-TO, which > sets out several aspects of the common licenses and how to choose > your best choice. For maximum interoperabili

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-25 Thread Jacques Chester
Hi all; ... a maiden poster here. Trust me to pick a holy war to start with, eh? >Seems to be a backlash against the GPL lately - slashdot has posted numerous >articles on freebsd, which invariably say that "the gpl is evil (blah blah), >and use freebsd because it's better. ". > >Anybody el