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GPL and BSD are both mechanisms to promote freedom. One is the freedom of a bill of rights, the other is the freedom of anarchy.
by metageek 16y ago
GPL and BSD are both mechanisms to promote freedom. One is the freedom of a bill of rights, the other is the freedom of anarchy.
- jedsmith 16y ago> One is the freedom of a bill of rights, the other is the freedom of anarchy. How is that even remotely a good analogy? Both of them are licenses that let you read the source, redistribute it, and modify it. They differ in what you have to do when you redistribute.
- metageek 16y ago>How is that even remotely a good analogy? Because the GPL binds you to preserve the freedom of your users, too; BSD says "do what thou wilt". Both ways have their advantages.