Re: Re: AW: License proposal

Hi,

> > But how possible is a situation like that?
>
> The fact that it can happen, in theory, is enough for me.
>
> > Anyway, the BSD makes sure
> > that you know where code originates from. And yes, the argument of
> > sometimes hated Bill Gates is true here: many Open Source Licenses curb
> > innovation.
>
> How so?  How many times have you seen Barracuda developers rejecting
> valuable contributions, rejecting innovation?  Are you suggesting that
> Christian, Diez, me or Shawn are holding back innovation?  If so, then
> explain how.  If not, then you should think twice about making unsupported
> statements like this because it is just more Fud.

I don't think Thorsten wanted to imply that any of us holds back innovation. 
However, Jacob has a point here: I _want_ whatever innovation somebody 
incorporates into barracuda to be released free. A company or individual who 
wants to create a product that uses an enhanced version of barracuda can 
still do this without returning anything (we actually can't do anything about 
this - who knows whats inside barracuda.jar on http://killerapp.com). 
However, anything that is _marketed_ as extended version of barracuda is 
prohibited, and thats exactly what I'm interested in.

If the case actually occurs, and somebody wants to release an enhanced or 
better say modified version of barracuda for money, she can still try to 
convince us to change license/dual license, if there is any benefit from it 
in there for us. 

Until then, the LGPL suits us well enough - anybody who wants to _use_ 
barracuda can do that in every way.

Regards,

Diez