From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-10-16T05:21:14+09:00
Subject: Re: MIT vs. Ruby/GPL License

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 02:59:05AM +0900, Trans wrote:
> 
> Well, we are all entitled (even to argue if we want ;) But classically
> I think the "war" of license is between GPL and BSD isn't it? That's
> probably a huge over simplification, but that tends to be my shallow
> assessment of the field. And that was really the crux of my dividing
> line for point 2.1.

Actually, from the FSF point of view (what one might call "copyleft"),
it's basically "GPL vs. everyone else".  From the proprietary point of
view (what one might call "copyright"), it's basically "proprietary vs.
everyone else, especially the GPL".  From the permissive licensing point
of view (what one might call "copyfree"[1]) -- including the BSD license,
among others -- it's basically "leave me the hell alone".

Again, it's a bit of a gross simplification, but I think it covers the
major views in those three "camps" (where "proprietary" is only a "camp"
in the same way Iraq, Iran, and Korea might be called an "axis of evil",
which is to say "it's not really a camp", and where "permissive" is only
a "camp" in that it's not part of either of the other two, and not only
isn't really a camp but is just a bunch of individuals and small groups
who have something in common).

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