Re: Effectiveness of GPL vs. BSD (was Re: GPL vs. sweatshops (was Re: Bias))

At 09:15 AM 6/14/02 -0700, Matt Seitz wrote:

>In this case, we were using "effective" in the context of "Which license is
>more effective in making more and better source code available to the 
>public?".
>  In other words, is the GPL's mandatory code sharing counterproductive?  Does
>the fact that BSD allows commercial development encourage more developers to
>use it and in turn to contribute code back to BSD projects?

The example FreeBSD x Linux show that GPL products can have more success 
than BSDL.

Roland