On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Florin Iucha wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:13:31AM -0600, Jon Schewe wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 09:13 -0600, Mike Miller wrote: >>> In the end, you basically suggest that the sole advantage of the BSD >>> license over the GPL is that the BSD license attracts developers who want >>> to use a proprietary model of software development. In other words, the >>> BSD license is best for those who would like to profit from our code >>> without giving back any code to the developer community. What's good >>> about that? That clearly is the core issue. Couldn't you have left off >>> nearly everything else and just told the reader why he should want his >>> code to be used in proprietary software projects that compete with open >>> source projects? >> >> What about people that want to use your project and are willing to give >> back to the project patches to improve the project, but are unable to >> open source the software they are writing that uses your project? > > What about them? > > Why would they be unable? If they are unable to open-source the > project (because they are just programmers and not > managers/vice-presidents) then maybe they don't have the authority to > commit the company on using the free software in the first place. Or the authority to send back patches to improve the project. Mike