Re: [Libreplanet-ca-qc] BSD extremist tango down

[Michael Faille]

On 04/24/2012 12:21 PM, Michael Faille wrote:

BSD extremist tango down
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111985137075069724005/posts/japAzb8Q6t4

BSD Licenses on the rise

Which license do you prefer to use, and why?

Peter William Lount originally shared this post:

BSD rules the open and really free license wasteland!!!

"An analysis of software licenses shows usage of GPL and other copyleft licenses declining at an accelerating rate. In their place, developers are choosing permissive licenses such as BSD, MIT, and ASL. One theory for the decline is that GPL usage was primarily driven by vendor-led projects, and with the shift to community-led projects, permissive licenses are becoming more common."

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/04/22/0211251/open-source-project-licenses-trending-toward-open-rather-than-free

+7

19 comments

Andrey Fesenko1:07 AM

why not Public? :(

Michael Faille1:12 AMEdit

+1

"An analysis of software licenses shows usage of GPL and other copyleft licenses declining at an accelerating rate. I

FALSE!

Still, John's results are surprising: as much as 87 percent ofLenny's packages and 93 percent of Squeeze's are GPL-d. That seemsa lot.
src :
http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2012/02/gpl_d_debian_software_skew/

Aleksey Korobov1:12 AM

+Andrey Fesenko Because it's BSD. ;]

Jean-François Mourgues1:30 AM

+1

because it can be embedded in privating software like Apple's ?
i like BSD, buut as a freedon suppoter, I think that's bad news

Wes Peters3:29 AM

+2

I like BSD, as a freedom supporter, I think that's GREAT news. When you've written working software, do you want to hoard it in the "free" crowd, or make sure it gets used in everything?

Yay for the copycenter.

Diane Bruce8:53 AM

+Jean-François Mourgues Wrong, Apple do give back to the community indirectly through the FreeBSD community.

Jean-François Mourgues10:01 AM

+Diane Bruce Mac OSX is a mix betweed OpenStep and Mach kernel wraped into a BSD implementation. Most of the ingredients are free software, but the result is not. They could not use this kind of trick with GPL license. I wish they release a free version of their product one day. That would be a real contribution to the community. The rest is gossip.

Michael Faille10:18 AMEdit

LGPL protect community and help compagny.

Michael Faille11:32 AM (edited)Edit

GPL3 doing a very great job with Samba3 for example.

EDIT : Apple use samba3

Diane Bruce11:55 AM

+Jean-François Mourgues I am well aware of what Apple has in their OSX product. You are still wrong about it being harmful to the FREE software movement.

Diane Bruce11:55 AM

+Michael Faille Wrong, the GPL3 is the worst thing that has ever happened to the FREE source market.

Diane Bruce11:57 AM

It's obvious the GPL fanbois have found us! RUN! Do not bother lecturing me or trying to convince me, we will never ever agree. OK?

I will say this. If you really want to protect your code from The Man then dual licence it. Free for hobbyists, $$ for business. It's that simple. The GPL has turned into a horrible idea from its simple beginnings.

Michael Faille12:07 PM (edited)Edit

+Diane Bruce No, GPL3 protect Samba. It's just bad for the Linux kernel (GPL2).
Give me some explanation.

Note : BSD licence is great ;-)

Michael Faille12:09 PMEdit

+Diane Bruce I think you are a BSD extremist.