Re: Problem with InstallShield (Was Re: [Bug 629] Changed - Problemwith InstallShield: ole:CoTreatAsClass(stub), ole:CoGetClassObject)

At 07:15 PM 5/7/02 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

>Now, this license debate issue went on for several months before coming to
>the vote. And I have to say, in all respect to Gav, Ove and everyone at TG
>(great work on the actual code)... during this period of debate there was
>no real sign of goodwill from 'that side' of the fence.

Hello,
although I was against the LGPL fork for a long time, I'm not longer sure 
that it was a bad thing after all. I now recognize the flaw of the X11 
license. Companies like Transgaming think in economic terms and will try to 
charge for every codepiece before contributing(even if they don't charge 
money but other code pieces). Not that this is fundamentally bad, I think 
you have the right to charge for your work. But as Alexandre wrote, working 
on a community project is not about economics, its about having fun and 
developing together for ALL to benefit from it...
And when someone trys to make money out of it, the whole thing is endangered...
Probably Transgaming gave the main arguments for switching to LGPL. Here we 
see again that in the long run it pays off to be generous. Share your goods 
instead of holding them back...

Just my 0.5$

Roland

PS: Another problem of the X11 license is, that it allows "embrace and 
extend" strategies.