On 01/09/2011 03:33 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 19:43 +0530, Rony wrote:
Even closed commercial software is popular so
what?
In a nutshell, we can separate BSD and GPL in terms of software
freedom
like this.
BSD believes that something is better than nothing.
GPL believes that either it is full freedom or nothing.
/me bangs his head on the keyboard
ROFL ! The reason I am LOLing is, I had starting posting something along the
lines below but then got distracted and then I didn't bother completing since
BSD Vs GPL is a never-ending debate.
However, I found your response funny enough to warrant completing this:
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See, that thing that you would typically feel if I were to take your BSD
licensed code and redistribute it under the GPL (ensuring that you cannot use my
modifications without compromising your license), is the same as what GPLwallas
feel when somebody wants to take their code and wants to redistribute it in a
closed manner. So, from a GPLwalla's perspective, BSD is one-step-removed from
the 'proprietary-zation' of software.
So, the GPLwallas ensure that this does not happen and live happily whereas
there are times when you will fret and fume and stay angry because you cannot
force, only persuade.
GPLwallas prefer that everyone plays by the same rules and thus stay happy (and
more productive) rather than let it be a free-for-all-no-rules and then fret,
fume and flame because somebody didn't play as fairly as you hoped (and I am
talking /not only/ of people who close BSD code, but also the GPLwallas who take
your code and turn it into GPL).
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I know ^^^^ that's not exactly the reason you are banging your head, but you are
banging it nonetheless since you just can't seem to convince people in either
simple or a long-winded manner just /how/ BSD is ^more free^. heh
cheers,
- steve
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