Quickies #5: GPL or BSD?
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| At the end of the day the argument is also one of philosophical taste. I say
| the GPL is great because it enables individual developers to grow businesses
| fast on dual licensing. Others may prefer the more permissive approach of
| letting anyone do whatever they please with their code.
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http://marcf.blogspot.com/2008/01/quickies-5-gpl-or-bsd.html
Microsoft: Freedom is a virus [IMG]
http://dashofdaniel.deviantart.com/art/Freedom-is-a-virus-73311998
(spin on Microsoft's "cancer" remark)
Yesterday:
GPL and BSD : impact
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| Corporations like Microsoft love the BSD-style licenses. Case in point is the
| Microsoft NT TCP/IP stack, which is basically a binary copy of the BSD TCP/IP
| stack. With a BSD-Style license, while code can not be stolen, rights of
| ownership cannot be enforced either.
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| [...]
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| One of the points I was originally aiming for was how the GPLv2 license was
| suited for much of the commercial software that is sold today, and the topic
| on my mind was video games. However... I went into how that would work a
| while ago with Auto Assault. So... not going to repeat myself.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/01/gpl-and-bsd-impact.html
Related:
GPL vs BSD, a matter of sustainability
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| So what can we conclude from all this? Both license models make software
| free, but only GPL software is sustainably free. The BSD gives greater
| freedom, the GPL gives more freedom. Choose which one you value more.
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http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/12/15/gpl-vs-bsd-a-matter-of-sustainability/
Open Source coders caught stealing Open Source code
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| Developers of OpenBSD took code from their brethren at Linux, violating
| the code's licence, the GPL. To the horror of the Linux folk, the
| OpenBSD licence allows proprietary use.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38746
That Which We Call Free
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| GNU Project and Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman posted a
| message on the OpenBSD -misc mailing list titled, "real men don't attack
| straw men", suggesting that some comments he had made were being
| misrepresented.
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http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/That_Which_We_Call_Free
SFLC on Atheros Driver Issue
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| Let me therefore point out one last time that if the threats of litigation
| and bluster about crime and malpractice--none of which has the slightest
| basis in fact or law--were withdrawn, we would be able to resume detailed
| communication with everyone who has a stake in the outcome.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/SFLC_on_Atheros_Driver_Issue
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2007/9/16/261061
Linux: Continuing Dual-Licensing Discussions
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| Discussion continues on the Linux Kernel mailing list about the legality and
| morality of re-licensing BSD/GPL dual-licensed code under only the GPL.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Continuing_Dual-Licensing_Discussions
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