gpl backlash?
Wilfredo Sanchez
wsanchez at apple.com
Tue Jul 27 03:13:25 UTC 1999
| I disagree -- it looks like people are starting to see the benefits of
| getting their end users to fix bugs. Which can be a different animal
| from open source entirely.
Not entirely. I don't mind paying for software. What kills me is
"that damned bug that's been there forever and why don't they fix it
it's so easy if only I could get the code". There is nothing wrong
with end users being able to fix bugs, and there is nothing wrong
with a business realizing that this can be mutually beneficial.
| [note: I'm not sure if I agree with the APSL but I'm not flaming it
| here; I'm trying to push the idea that there are different degrees of
| freedom to software, and I happen to like the highest degree possible]
The APSL is new. I personally think it will need to evolve
further, but it's pretty good for where we are today.
| Do you mean by this that if the GPL were more specific in its
| allowances and prohibitions, it would make for more acceptance and a
| better license?
Most certainly. For starters, it should define "derived work" if
it's going to use that term in its requirements.
| The fastest way to push a standard out is to give people the code to
| implement the standard, so that it will work with some minor tweaks and
| studying. It looks to me like X won this way
Yeah, sometimes this backfires.
| On a side note, has anyone been receiving multiple copies of
messages? I
| received the message I'm responding to *thrice*.
Not I.
-Fred
#include <std_disclaimer.h> /* opinion(Fred) != opinion(Apple) */
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Wilfredo Sanchez, wsanchez at apple.com
Apple Computer, Inc., Core Operating Systems / BSD
Technical Lead, Darwin Project
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