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As long as Toit is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1, I am unlikely to consider using it. By contrast, MicroPython is licensed under the
by Jistern 4y ago
As long as Toit is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1, I am unlikely to consider using it. By contrast, MicroPython is licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
As others have noted, Toit seems like a bad name. I suppose non-French speakers will tend to inadvertently mispronounce Toit.
Getting traction is hard. In my opinion, having a restrictive license and a bad name make it less likely Toit will gain traction. Finally, Toit's licensing reminds me of Mongoose OS https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os#mongoose-os---an-iot-firmware-development-framework https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os#mongoose-os---an-iot-....
- croes 4y agoWhat's the problem with the LGPL?
- Jistern 4y agoThe GPL is for when you have an ideological agenda, the MIT is for when you don't. MIT says "do whatever you like with this but include the license" in less words than the GPL's preamble. GPL says people can use it, but can't without providing all the source code for no more than the cost of media (though I'd have to call a lawyer to be sure that's all it says these days because the damn thing is long and complicated) but it forces users to conform to someone's idea of fairness. Basically if the thought of your code ever ending up in something that someone might somehow make money from, like maybe in an iOS app, is somehow icky - then GPL is for you! If you just want to put it out there and code, not politics, is your thing - go MIT. Source... https://www.reddit.com/r/roguelikedev/comments/4g738z/comment/d2f8iwy/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/roguelikedev/comments/4g738z/commen...