On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 00:03, Sean wrote: > But Les, PLEASE OFFER A SOLUTION. All you're doing is complaining. > What is your solution? Do you have one or are you just going to > keep complaining about the GPL? Solutions can only apply to new projects or ones where all the copyright holders are known. > > Even Bill Gates sometimes does charity work... > > > > The more interesting issue is what happens when the 2 idealistic > > pursuits you've mentioned clash? That is, do you deprive the > > people you would like to help with this software by making a system > > that cannot use technologies under different licensing (mp3/mpeg > > and many others) because of the GPL restrictions or will you > > condescend to something like perl's dual license to allow it to > > be improved in any way someone would like? > > There is no way to accommodate the needs of everyone. The GPL > makes certain trade offs, other licenses make other trade offs. Perl has the right idea with the dual license. It's gpl'd if you need it to be and yet not subject to the restrictions if you don't want them. And Larry Wall is brilliant for recognizing the need for that and coming up with a way to avoid fanaticism. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
