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Huh... Not sure I will ever understand the idealogical debate of different OSS software licenses. Ultimately, different licenses work well for different projec
by addisonj 12y ago
Huh... Not sure I will ever understand the idealogical debate of different OSS software licenses.
Ultimately, different licenses work well for different projects. More permissive OSS licenses (BSD/MIT and other) seem to be the best choice for libraries and other bits of code that can be freely shared and used without worrying about modification restrictions, linking, etc etc.
GPL on the other hand has really found its niche in larger projects for complete software packages that often are primarily developed by a single entity but made open to allow contributions and customizations.
Both types fit a use case, both types are useful and we have seen success using both models. Why isn't that good enough?