new license to review

[Mark Bainter]

Russell Nelson [nelson at crynwr.com] wrote:
> Someone wrote, and they weren't the only one:
>  > Why the sighs Russ?  If we wanted only one license for software, I'm
>  > sure Microsoft would be glad to assist :-).
> 
> Because it doesn't seem all that different from existing licenses, and
> because license proliferation inhibits code reuse.  The major effect
> of Open Source code is to reduce the transaction cost of using it.

I have no desire to see a single license dominate everything.  Choice is a
good thing, but, OTOH, I see and agree with Russ' point.  A proliferation of
similar licenses hurts more than it helps.  Especially when they are so poorly
written.

-- 
Perl doesn't mind a little pluralism-a perl script is correct if it's halfway readable and gets the job done before your boss fires you. -- Wall and Schwartz