[gobolinux-devel] Licensing

[Jonas Karlsson]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:42:53 +0200, Carlo Calica <carlo at calica.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Michael Homer <michael at gobolinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>  To my knowledge, we have acks from me, Jonas, Lucas, Hisham, André,
>>  and Carlo, which covers most of the code, but we still need them from
>>  Dan, Guillherme, Rafael, MJ, and Aitor. Also from anybody who's
>>  contributed a copyrightable patch. If we can get that I will go
>>  through and put proper license headers on the files.
>
> Just a quick ACK for the archives.  BTW everyone should ACK to the
> list for posterity.  The ACKs are to clarify the "handwavy GPL" we've
> had.  In a sense it is relicensing.
>
ACK by request.

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Jorgen Schaefer <forcer at forcix.cx> wrote:
>>
>>  The GPL requires you to keep software Free (not as in "no cost",
>>  but "freedom") if you modify it. In the philosophical paradoxon,
>>  it chooses the option that you can _not_ remove the freedom of
>>  someone (something) else. The BSD licenses choose the option that
>>  you _can_ remove the freedom. Arguing which one is "more free" is
>>  missing the basic problem.
>>
>
> Very well said.
>
You're both wrong ;)

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/Jonas

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