On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 15:00 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by caring. I thought *BSD style > > licensing was for people who cared about the users of the > > code and did not want to impose restrictions to prevent > > the best combinations of code from being available. > > I think that is backwards. GPL ensures freedom for users. BSD ensures > freedom for developers. How do propose a non-developer user might use something he can't obtain because distribution is prohibited? Some users might find the OSX kernel useful with its mix of BSD and non-free components but they'll never have a similar choice to use something like that with any linked GPL code. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
