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For the particular metric John cares about, yes definitely. But there are other metrics out there by which GPL would have been a superior choice.
by dman 5y ago
For the particular metric John cares about, yes definitely. But there are other metrics out there by which GPL would have been a superior choice.
- bifrost 5y agoAnd those are? The GPL is far more restrictive, I can't see anything valuable that the GPL would contribute here.
- _delirium 5y agoAs he says in the linked tweet: the major value the GPL contributed is the code being open-sourced in the first place, since his co-copyright-holders would never have agreed to license it BSD. The alternative to the GPL, in this case, was "(c) All Rights Reserved", which is still how most other old games are licensed.
- phendrenad2 5y agoGPL lets you release source code and enforce that no one can modify it without releasing their modifications. A lot of people like that "restriction" because it maximizes the amount of source people have access to.
- executesorder66 5y agoGPL is more restrictive for the developers, but more liberating for the users. If you care about your users, you'd use GPL. It's just a matter of perspective.