Re: Mauve license

[Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>]

Stuart Ballard wrote:
> The point is that, for whatever reasons (rational or irrational), some
> people simply won't contribute to a GPL-licensed project. Some of
> those people are Harmony contributors. If those people want to
> contribute to a Java testsuite, which they do, it won't be Mauve as
> long as Mauve is GPL.

Well then IMHO those people are the ones who are being "difficult"
and putting politics over progress.

Saying you won't contribute to a GPL project is more a political statement
than the result of some reasonable decision-making process, because
even if you do contribute to GPL software, you still own the copyright
so you can also release your code under any other license you choose.

Personally I don't love the GPL because it imposes more restrictions
than a BSD style license (making, in my opinion, GPL software less free).
But I respect others' religious beliefs. So if the GPL is not otherwise
in the way, I have no problem working with it, etc.

"Can't we all just get along?" :-)

-Archie

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