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> The slavery quip doesn't really make sense, because in that analogy the source code is the slave. Wrong. Your users who don't have the same power to make cha
by shizzy0 13y ago
> The slavery quip doesn't really make sense, because in that analogy the source code is the slave.
Wrong. Your users who don't have the same power to make changes as you do are the slaves in the analogy, not the source code.
I sum it up thusly: BSD is about freedom for the developers; GPL is about freedom for the users. I work professionally as a software developer, but I use far more software than I develop.