[Ilugc] Understanding Free and Open source code licenses
- From: ashishbhatia.ab@xxxxxxxxx (Ashish Bhatia)
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:52:00 -0800
Hi,
Following were the major questions raised.
is it OK for you or someone to 'endorse'/recommend licences?
Why not?
Please correct me if I am wrong but commenting/endorsing/recommending
something (in absolute sense or relative to something else) is Freedom
of speech.
Is there and legal/political reason behind other than your own preference?
No, as I mentioned even at the end of blog post, this is a personal blog.
There is no legal/political reason, only my preference.
it is a good thing that major companies use BSD
licensed code - better than using proprietary code.
I stated that as a fact without saying its a good thing or a bad thing.
No one license is 'better' than another license.
My aim was in no way to show bias towards one license over another but
just to provide short summary.
I have corrected text at a few places where I thought it was giving
the impression that I am biased towards some license.
If anyone still thinks that there is some portion of blog post which
is opinionated towards any license, please cite that and we can
discuss.
so can you clarify whether you prefer GPL to other licenses?
Well, as you (Kenneth) yourself have already answered this beautifully
if I am contributing to some open-source project, I would prefer
taking one of the license which is popular among developer community
(from whom I expect contribution)
Apart from that [if possible], I would probably would go for a dual
licensing approach [a copyleft + a permissive license]
Ashish Bhatia
http://ashishb.net
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