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>> The GPL does not give a rat's patootie about users. >Care to explain your reasoning? >> The GPL is designed to ensure the maximum freedoms of developers. My
by Stormbringer 16y ago
>> The GPL does not give a rat's patootie about users.
>Care to explain your reasoning?
>> The GPL is designed to ensure the maximum freedoms of developers.
My reasoning is that the GPL is about what you can do with the code the program is based on. USERS don't do stuff with code. Programmers do stuff with code. A user is not going to take an annoying bug in your app and fix it, but (given guaranteed access to the source) a developer might.
> You can always double-license it, MySQL-style.
cough Indeed. uncough
- rbanffy 16y ago> USERS don't do stuff with code. They use it, they trust it works and they hire programmers to do stuff on their behalf. > but (given guaranteed access to the source) a developer might. Do you know of any other license that guarantees access to source from every downstream fork?