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Platforms versus modules.

Crito 12y ago
What is that supposed to mean? Software is software, and a great deal of GPL software is currently in the hands of consumers.
- Karunamon 12y ago
  Terribly reductive. An operating system is not a library is not a toy program. A great deal of (good!) proprietary software is currently in the hands of consumers too. So?
  - Crito 12y ago
    I think you might be responding to the wrong comment? I didn't say anything about proprietary software, or about one being better or worse than another.
    - Karunamon 12y ago
      Nope. What is that supposed to mean? Software is software Different classes of software exist with different licensing concerns.
      - Crito 12y ago
        I am well aware of that. Let's take a step back: >>> For (B), that's a good thing. Nowadays, the GPL merely prevents software from having widespread use. >> Bizarre claim. Doesn't seem to have affected Linux/Android or git itself from achieving widespread use. reply > Platforms versus modules. I don't understand what the last line means. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with it, because I don't know what it means in the first place.
        Karunamon 12y ago
        Okay - first claim: GPL prevents software from having widepsread use. Rebuttal: Didn't impact Android, Linux, or Git. Operating systems and developer-only tools are special cases and are not relevant to the general claim of "GPL preventing widespread use".
- cocoablazing 12y ago
  I don't accept the argument: "Software is software". Why is GPL better than all other licenses, for all software?
  - Crito 12y ago
    I did not say that GPL is better. I am confused about what you mean by "Platforms versus modules." You seem to be distinguishing between two things, but I cannot see what they are.
    - cocoablazing 12y ago
      Three orders of magnitude.
      - Crito 12y ago
        Either I need more sleep, or you are being deliberately obtuse, because I have no fucking idea what that comment is supposed to mean. Three orders of magnitude of what? What is being measured? Do you mean that platforms are bigger than modules?
        cocoablazing 12y ago
        It could be users, contributors, time, money, or lines. Most or all of these apply to the difference between linux/git and average software. I don't accept it as an axiom that the biggest open source project in the world should be licensed the same as something in the first percentile of (pick one). What I meant is that the software is used differently, and it is developed differently. It seems obvious to me that the ideal licensing for software that is vastly different from these examples of gargantuan/universal FOSS might not be GPL.

Crito 12y ago

What is that supposed to mean? Software is software, and a great deal of GPL software is currently in the hands of consumers.

Karunamon 12y ago
Terribly reductive. An operating system is not a library is not a toy program. A great deal of (good!) proprietary software is currently in the hands of consumers too. So?
- Crito 12y ago
  I think you might be responding to the wrong comment? I didn't say anything about proprietary software, or about one being better or worse than another.
  - Karunamon 12y ago
    Nope. What is that supposed to mean? Software is software Different classes of software exist with different licensing concerns.
    - Crito 12y ago
      I am well aware of that. Let's take a step back: >>> For (B), that's a good thing. Nowadays, the GPL merely prevents software from having widespread use. >> Bizarre claim. Doesn't seem to have affected Linux/Android or git itself from achieving widespread use. reply > Platforms versus modules. I don't understand what the last line means. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with it, because I don't know what it means in the first place.
      - Karunamon 12y ago
        Okay - first claim: GPL prevents software from having widepsread use. Rebuttal: Didn't impact Android, Linux, or Git. Operating systems and developer-only tools are special cases and are not relevant to the general claim of "GPL preventing widespread use".
cocoablazing 12y ago
I don't accept the argument: "Software is software". Why is GPL better than all other licenses, for all software?
- Crito 12y ago
  I did not say that GPL is better. I am confused about what you mean by "Platforms versus modules." You seem to be distinguishing between two things, but I cannot see what they are.
  - cocoablazing 12y ago
    Three orders of magnitude.
    - Crito 12y ago
      Either I need more sleep, or you are being deliberately obtuse, because I have no fucking idea what that comment is supposed to mean. Three orders of magnitude of what? What is being measured? Do you mean that platforms are bigger than modules?
      - cocoablazing 12y ago
        It could be users, contributors, time, money, or lines. Most or all of these apply to the difference between linux/git and average software. I don't accept it as an axiom that the biggest open source project in the world should be licensed the same as something in the first percentile of (pick one). What I meant is that the software is used differently, and it is developed differently. It seems obvious to me that the ideal licensing for software that is vastly different from these examples of gargantuan/universal FOSS might not be GPL.