On Saturday 03 July 2010 4:33:30 pm narendra sisodiya wrote:
We cannot say like this. which license has more freedom.
Well actually you can, the GPL limits you to release your derivative work under the same license, whereas the BSD license dosnt have such a restriction. and is therefore offers more freedom to the licensees.
if you think a developer who want social work then BSD is best option. Let you develop something and throw to the whole world irrespective of the fact that world is not good as you are. I never get any benefit from huge profit making companies (mostly) so why should I code with a license which permit them to reuse in any manner. The idea of GPL was to create a "*close community*" of hacker and users where we all share our knowledge and software. If anybody want to reuse our software, YES my dear most welcome, join this "close community" and become like us. The GPL was intended to make a "Viral Community". Well I am not opposing those who license their code under BSD but I am commenting on your comment on GPL ('Limited freedom') . Who says you have limited freedom with GPL. There is one Viral Statement in GPL. Which is good.
However whether GPL or the BSD license is "Good" or "Bad" depends on the intentions of the Author as you mentioned.
-Yohan