On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 15:30:31 -0500, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. They might be able to use it, but their freedom to tinker may be very limited depending on the conditions under which the nonfree parts are made.
