ruben wrote:
Kronos,
The GPL is just like an other licence ...
Sure, no problem there. It's just that I don't agree with it and fail to see how it can protect freedom and innovation as they like to shout...
It protects it by stopping lazy w*****s from using the code in their own proprietary programs and claiming it as their own, and by stopping large unscrupulous developers from using 99.9% of the free code and adding a few lines to modify it just to break free standards and impose proprietary ones.
The rule is simple: if you don't like the GPL license, don't use GPL code at all and get off your fat ar*e and write your own code from scratch. It's not like someone is trying to sneak any conditions past you while you're not looking.
I can't help feeling that those people who whine about the existence of the GPL are the leeches and parasites of the development community. I don't think much of the BSD license, and would never release anything under it, but I don't condemn its existence. If you want to use someone else's code, you abide by whatever license gives you permission to do so. If you don't like the license, don't use the code. Anything else is like justifying piracy because you don't believe in having to pay for your software.
I know that's a strong line to take, but I'm sick to death of this subject.
