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The tone of the article is very disturbing. I would think not supporting the GPL is a deadly sin if I did not know about open source licenses. Furthermore, as
by duck2 10y ago
The tone of the article is very disturbing. I would think not supporting the GPL is a deadly sin if I did not know about open source licenses.
Furthermore, as it is mentioned, one person's article does not automatically determine the foundation's stance, especially if they "quietly removed" it.
Are there FSF snipers waiting around for anyone pointing out that their license is viral and restrictive?
- Millennium 10y agoI don't think anybody disputes that the GPL is viral and restrictive. The debate is about whether or not that's a bad thing.
- TuringTest 10y agoOr maybe we disagree with using those particular terms, because of their negative connotations, even though we agree that the effect that they describe exist.
- wiz21c 10y agoThe GPL is a political statement, i.e. a matter of opinion and choice. Moreover, it didn't kill anybody so far, so it's not exactly questionable on that side. Therefore, it can't be good or bad. The question is simply does one agree with it or not...
- davexunit 10y agoI dispute both of those things. The GPL is neither viral nor restrictive.
- snovv_crash 10y agoThe code might be Free™, but the developers who want to use it are very much restricted in what they can use the code for. I guess it depends on if you think code, like corporations, should have personhood.