Re: WineX and the AFPL

On Thu, 30 May 2002 10:48, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:

> On May 30, 2002 08:47 am, Sean C. Farley wrote:
> > I keep hearing this, but if the license was changed to
> > convert/influence/force/whatever companies, then it was NOT out of fun.
> > If it was for fun, no one would have worried themselves about anything
> > TransGaming did.
>
> This is BS, and you should know that. It all depends on how you have fun.
> If you jus want to code, and *don't* care what happens to the project,
> the BSD license is for you, I agree. If you like to code *and* have strong
> feeling about the project, the (L)GPL license is more appropriate.

This is untrue.

> This is like having sex/children. That is, some people are content to just
> have sex all their lives, without caring to have children. Most other though
> enjoy having sex, but they want kids as well. Obviously, the analogy I'm
> trying to make here is sex=coding, children=project :). Nobody denies that
> the sex/coding thing is the fun part ;). Now, if you don't care about the
> result of your fun, you're a BSD guy, 'cause you only like to share. On the
> other hand, if you care about the well being of said result, you may be
> willing to even give up a little on the fun part to protect it. Most people
> actually do that -- they do give up quite a bit of fun to have & protect
> (their) kids.

Good analogy, but I see it differently.  Use the (L)GPL if you want to
interfere with what you children do with your grandchildren.  Use the
BSD license, if you are adult enough to let them make their own
decisions.

> This analogy is not completely out to lunch. Most people feel a *very*
> strong paternal feeling towards the projects where they put their heart
> and soul. It's "their baby". If you don't understand that, you (1) you've
> never experienced it, and (2) miss out big. Think about this before
> accusing the LGPL proponents, and try to understand that line of
> reasoning. It's actually quite reasonable, 'cause we not only love coding,
> (and BTW we have quite a code base to prove it), but we also love Wine.
> And like any parent, we want only but the best for it.

It is a good analogy.  Wine is your child.  Transgaming is your in-law.
Wine and TransGaming are the parents of your grandchild (WineX).

My wife and I may or may not take our parents advice, but we will be the
ones making that decision.

Sean
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