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And the worst part is, the developer will likely refuse to see that there is, or ever could be, a problem. "It's evil, fercryingoutloud! Don't do evil! Everyo
by cbd1984 12y ago
And the worst part is, the developer will likely refuse to see that there is, or ever could be, a problem.
"It's evil, fercryingoutloud! Don't do evil!
Everyone knows what evil is!"
And it gets used, and that clause sits there, like a hidden dog turd, waiting for someone to step in the wrong spot, and all of a sudden the developer and their minions are up in arms about the user and their minions, who are so obviously evil that there shouldn't even be a discussion.
Because it's evil, and evil is self-evident.
Except it isn't. It really, really isn't.
- detaro 12y agoNah, he knows that this is problematic. See link posted by evacchi, he gives out additional licenses to companies that ask. It's highly annoying for all open-source projects of course, since they have to keep an extra license on just these few files. So they can't combine it with GPL, ...