From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2005-09-14T05:40:05+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Choosing an open source license On 9/13/05, Christophe Grandsire wrote: > As for whether such a restriction would be unacceptable to most people, > I really disagree. When the GPL first appeared, the BSD licence was so > far the main Open Source licence, and many people used the same > arguments as I see now on this thread to convince others that the GPL > was too restrictive and that everyone should stick to BSD licences. But > what is the most popular Open Source licence nowadays? And which one > proved to ensure the most people enjoyed the most Freedom? Yep, that's > the GPL. Those arguments were incorrect then, and are still off the mark > now. I will not use software that has this restriction. Period. Over time, I will be changing my software that is stuck under the GPL to freeze it at GPL2, because I believe that the Affero/GPL3 direction is going to be a debacle and a mistake. I don't trust Stallman or Moglen on this, because they've already made mistakes with their dicta regarding dynamic linking. BSD is a far better choice than GNU GPL for most software, and you'll note that some of the most useful GNU GPLed software has an exlusion clause in any case. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca