Les wrote:
Les' mission is to save us from the evils of GPL license.
There are several "les"s on this list. I would like to be referred to
as Lesh to help all of
Yes, I was going to point out that I haven't been in the Navy and was
probably confused with one of the others in that respect.
Regarding the GPL, though, it is all a matter of religion. Mine is that
making something deliberately not interoperate with something else,
whether by refusing to publish an interface spec, refusing to use
standard protocols, or licensing in such a way that interoperation (or
distributing working components together)is prohibited will harm random
people and is thus pure evil.
Licensing in ways that have a cost per instance or per user may be
moderately evil but that still lets people make their own choices based
on individual merits. Taking that choice away is pure evil.
For standalone programs the GPL doesn't necessarily have these evil
effects. For things that should be usable in cooperative efforts but
can't because of license restrictions, it does. There's no accounting
for religions, though, and no doubt others believe the harm is justified
by something or other.
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
