Re: [dev] reboot, arrow in the knee because of the GNU GPL???

From: Anthony J. Bentley <anthony_AT_cathet.us>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:35:39 -0600

Sylvain BERTRAND writes:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 09:32:33PM -0600, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
> > Sylvain BERTRAND writes:
> >> I firmely disagree with you on this: the event of somebody hurt
> >> by the GNU GPL with real life facts is of highest importance for
> >> all open source coders. And communication would have been
> >> an enrichment for the suckless community.
> >> The thread will die because I think those facts do not exist.
> >
> > You have already been provided with the classical case, which you immediate
> ly
> > dismissed as "biased", no reason given. Other real-world examples, like the
> > gratuitous incompatibility of different GPL versions as in LibreDWG or Samb
> a,
> > have been brought up on this list in previous discussions.
>
> I heard about GNU GPL version wars, was only aware of the benign
> Linus T. one.
>
> Let me laught:
> Do you really think a GNU GPL version war can reasonnably
> compensate the defect of code closing from MIT/BSD-like licenses.

Yes. 

-- 
Anthony J. Bentley
Received on Thu Jun 26 2014 - 07:35:39 CEST

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