RFC soon on essay "Does Free Software Production in a Bazaarobey the Law of Diminishing Returns?"

[Eric S. Raymond]

Miguel de Icaza <miguel at gnu.org>:
> A problem I have with OpenSource these days is the following: even if
> these days Qt passes as OpenSource, it is really annoying for
> developers.  All of these "opensource" licenses that have started
> appearing are nothing but a big nuisance.

I agree with you.  I lobby hard for corporations to use one of the
four classic licenses (MIT, BSD, GPL, Artistic) rather than rolling
their own.  I don't always succeed.

But look on the bright side.  The APSL and the IBMPL don't create 
patchwork problems.  They're a heck of a precedent.
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		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>

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