[haiku-development] Re: INPUT / VOTE : --include-gpl-addons
- From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:01:47 -0400
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Bruno Albuquerque<bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Anyway, consulting with someone that *IS* a lawyer is a good idea, but what
> I mention above is reason enough for me to think that either we are safe. If
> we are not, then I will start to agree with GPL critics and say that the
> license is crazy. :)
Man what a massive waste of time this is. I understand the purpose of
the GPL but in practice it sure seems to cause more problems than it
solves. You don't have to hate it ideologically to learn to hate it
practically.
Anyhow as an open source operating system I really fail to see how
Haiku can fail to comply with the GPL. We aren't even modifying the
code, just using it. The people who write GPL code probably want it to
be used, as long as they are properly attributed, which I think we
certainly do. I don't think those people would want to force other
open source projects to use the GPL. They just want to avoid
commercial companies from using their software without contributing
back. When someone wants to use Haiku commercially they can tackle
these issues more deeply.
Also I doubt we are on new ground here. Bruno, doesn't Google use some
GPL code in their projects? Surely you guys have this figured out?
Of course I'm sure someone here will come along and smack me and say
"law this", "sue that", "we need a lawyer this", "the GPL rocks that",
but can we look at this from a practical perspective?
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Regards,
Ryan
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