Re: Again: list of advantages of the xGPL

At 01:11 PM 7/15/02 -0400, Deven T. Corzine wrote:
> > Imagine for a minute that Linux where under the BSDL and Apache, FreeBSD
> > where GPLed. I dare to say it wouldn't make much of a difference for those
> > projects. Please prove me wrong...
>
>I think they would all remain vital and active under either license.
>
>Of course, under the GPL, they'd lost the possibility of getting some
>benefit from the work of proprietary vendors -- so maybe they'd be better
>off using the BSD license?

I think for very active projects you are probably right. But some people 
may still feel more comfortable with the protection that the GPL gives.

Roland