Re: [ba-ohs-talk] More bad news about the GPL License: Fwd: [Gxl] GCC Licencing and XML extracts
Hi Richard, (01)
As the creator of the GNU license mechanisms, perhaps you could comment
about why anyone should choose GPL over, say LGPL or a BSD-style
license. My concerns have little to do with close-source software, and
everything to do with what I am calling open-source software. (02)
TIA
Jack (03)
At 02:02 PM 4/21/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> wanted to generate a discussion about the ethics of
> creation of closed source tools that use/abuse the GPL
> and specifically the GCC:
>
>"Closed source" being the contrary of "open source", that and "ethics"
>do not go together. The Free Software Movement says that whether a
>program is free or not is an ethical issue. The Open Source Movement
>was started (in 1998) with the specific purpose of not treating it as
>an ethical issue.
>
>GCC is the work of the Free Software Movement, but by discussing it
>under the rubric of "open source" you would tend to lead people to
>misattribute it to the other movement. Please don't do that. (04)