sabayon (was fc6 slip)

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 08:51 -0700, Nathan England wrote:
> You may be correct. I like the idea of creating a program and selling the 
> service to go with it, but I want to sell the program as well. I don't like 
> re-creating the wheel, so if I can use software from something else, I'll do 
> it. It's difficult with GPL software if you don't want to GPL your software, 
> but many BSD licenses allow that. 
> 
> I'm not against the GPL, I just think people go over board with the ideology. 
> When I have the opportunity, I GPL anything so others might benefit, or so I 
> can re-use something later on. But many times, I want to use something and I 
> cannot incorporate it because my final code will not be GPL'd.
> 
> I just prefer the BSD style that we can do whatever we want with it. That to 
> me is open source. I guess I'm just an open source kind of guy, not a free 
> software kind of guy.
> 
> I'm not going to apologize for my comments, because I still believe that the 
> GPL is just anti-business. Partly why the LGPL was made, so we could use 
> libraries in non-free software. But I don't hate it where I would try to make 
> people not use it! I always suggest it first, then if they are afriad I move 
> on to something else.
> 
> I don't want to keep fighting on this thread because we are talking about 
> opinions and personal viewpoints here, and unless something profound is said, 
> I'm afraid this thread is only going to continue in a downward spiral doing 
> more damage to this list and our want to help eachother out than it is worth. 
> For that I am sorry. I should have kept my mouth shut, but I appreciate the 
> ability to rant here at times, as many others do as well.
> Just in my particular case, the GPL irks me at times.
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I'm not fighting and there's nothing wrong or damage being done on this
thread.

Some people/businesses prefer the GPL license and don't contribute to
BSD licenses just to ensure that the code that their employees write
doesn't end up in somebody's proprietary product.

Some people/businesses see the GPL from the perspective of their wallet
and from that perspective, the GPL license doesn't offer enrichment
opportunities that BSD type licenses do. C'est la vie

Craig