Companies are bound by existing licences. GPL is often not compatible and so they CAN'T use your code.
"nobody will use your code if it's GPL, make it permissive" is the open source version of "we won't pay you, but you'll get exposure"
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Companies would eagerly embrace GPL and grant their users software freedom if not for those dang existing proprietary licenses? ha.
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You're the ones trying to force open licences on people. If you disingenuously ignore the blockers to that, it is only you who miss out.
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I think it's OK (in principle) for people to sell software. I'm happy for people to use my OSS software, even if it is in a closed product.
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Nobody argues that software should (in principle) not be sold.
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You're privileged to be able to give companies labor for nothing, but I'm not critiquing you. I'm critiquing those who say everyone should.
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Anyone who wants to use the GPL, should. I've not suggested otherwise. You are slagging all non-GPL licenses, or so it seems from your words
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That's not what his words said at all. Like not even a little bit.
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*Shrug* that's how my brain interpreted them.
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News flash: Twitter is garbage for meaningful communication. I'll kiss the ground the day it goes out of business.
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John Hunter's perspective on this http://nipy.sourceforge.net/software/license/johns_bsd_pitch.html … takes into account what you might gain from expanding network of users/devs
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I'm not convinced, but this link provides a better supported argument than most of the tweet reactions I received so far. Thank you
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No, not really. It just means I don't want to force anyone else to license their work in a particular way, just because they chose my code.
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Which is the same as giving your hard work away for free. Our time is money, and if you want to relicense? Pay me.
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I suggest a single, proportional license. If modifiers give it away for free, they don't have to pay. Otherwise they do.
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Otherwise you're just indulging RMS's delusions of freedom.
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I have no idea what you are talking about, but it seems you have an axe to grind with RMS... Good luck with that :)
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Ooh, I do have an axe to grind after all! Emacs! (I'm a vim user
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Just a correction, s/vim user/vim cultist/ That said, I use emacs - But I refuse to join any church =P
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Oi, I take offence at being called a cultist! Even if it is for brilliant software!
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