[tclug-list] errors in "Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project"

[Jon Schewe]

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 09:13 -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
> In the end, you basically suggest that the sole advantage of the BSD 
> license over the GPL is that the BSD license attracts developers who want 
> to use a proprietary model of software development. In other words, the 
> BSD license is best for those who would like to profit from our code 
> without giving back any code to the developer community.  What's good 
> about that?  That clearly is the core issue.  Couldn't you have left off 
> nearly everything else and just told the reader why he should want his 
> code to be used in proprietary software projects that compete with open 
> source projects?

What about people that want to use your project and are willing to give
back to the project patches to improve the project, but are unable to
open source the software they are writing that uses your project?




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