Re: [dwm] Freedom (was: Re: sic ipv6 patch)

From: Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 07:38:17 -0500

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Matthias Kirschner <mk_AT_fsfe.org> wrote:
> As already said, please read
> http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-compatible.html for the answer.

Resorting to argumentum ad internetum, eh?

That link is crap.

The whole argument is "license your code GPL-compatible because the
GPL is popular and you don't want to be unpopular." If I went by a
popularity contest to decide how to behave I'd be running Windows on a
Dell. Fortunately I can think for myself and I needn't rely on
internet links containing GPL cheerleading to make decisions for me.

Like I said before, I support the GPL, but I like the MIT license
better, and I certainly don't think "everyone else is doing it" is a
good reason to do ANYTHING, much less decide on the legal status of
code.

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# Kurt H Maier
Received on Sun May 25 2008 - 14:38:20 UTC

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