Re: Wine versions + future

Brett Glass <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.wine.license
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At 04:03 AM 5/16/2002, Martin Wilck wrote:
  

>Hi all,
>
>not having cared about the licensing issues a lot in the past,
>I have read the last threads in this list with increasing concern.
>
>What bothers me most is the perspective of different independent
>wine versions emerging and the gaps between them widening.
>The FAQ already lists 7 different versions, and probably there are
>more to come (Lindows?).

That's what happens when you try to ram anti-business, anti-programmer,
viral licensing down people's throats. The only solution is to use a 
business-friendly license, such as the MIT X or BSD License. Note that
there was NO forking until the LGPL reared its ugly head.

--Brett Glass
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