[nycbug-talk] Re: wasabi

[Isaac Levy]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Marco Scoffier wrote:

> Got it.
>
> If you think software is a service, you have no problem with the GPL.
> If you insist that software should be a product you have a problem.

Conversely, keeping things flexible

If you think software is a service, using BSD license works just fine.
If you insist software should be a product, BSD license works just fine.

If you want to do business with people who carry both of these ideas  
respectively, the GPL gets in the way.

--
Not trying to flame, just adding to the discourse.

Though to really put my mouth where my heart is, I'm a pretty firm  
believer that the GPL is a sort of fascist, absolutist freedom for  
software.  I believe the authors, and the spirit of the GPL, values  
source code and machine cycles, far more than human life and liberties.
With that, I tend to simply see machines and code as extensions of  
human beings, and disagree with the GPL.

(Some folks say that view is a stretch, but kick back with a printout  
of the GPL on your next subway ride and then tell me why I'm wrong.)

Best,
.ike