[License-discuss] Organizing the FAQ into categories.

Karl Fogel kfogel at red-bean.com
Wed Nov 28 22:03:33 UTC 2012


Ben Reser <ben at reser.org> writes:
>On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Karl Fogel <kfogel at red-bean.com> wrote:
>> Any comments welcome.  If I hear a lot of +1s, then I'll edit the FAQ
>> page accordingly.  If this gets a lot of comments, then we'll just see
>> where the thread goes.  Here are my proposed top-level categories:
>
>+1
>
>>   * Is <SOME PHP PROGRAM> Open Source simply because it's written in
>>     PHP?
>
>Some reason why this is PHP and not:
>
>* Is <SOME PROGRAM> Open Source simply because it's written in <SOME
>OPEN SOURCE LICENSED LANGUAGE>?

I assume because we got that question more about PHP than about anything
else.  While I wasn't here when that question was written, I can confirm
that this trend continues -- when I hear this particular question, it's
usually about PHP (and not Python, Perl, or ${LANGUAGE_OF_THE_WEEK}).

-K



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