Re: *URGENT* ftpparse licensing issue

Casey Allen Shobe <[email protected]> Sat, 21 May 2005 18:32:01 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.ftp-parse
Organization SeattleServer.com, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Saturday 21 May 2005 09:26, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> It does. It's not Nazi-like, it protects software freedom. I respect
> your opinion, but I prefer the GPL.

It _is_ nazi-like.  Nazi-like in the sense that there is only one right and 
true way, and nothing else is allowed.  The GPL isn't the only license out 
there, and CERTAINLY is not right for every free software project nor author 
(I will never release under the GPL, but I have released under the BSD and 
others).

To restrict all software not licensed under exactly one license is dumb, and 
you'll find, as many others already have, that authors aren't going to just 
go around changing their licenses to suit the current whim of XYZ 
distribution.  The license clearly dictates how it appropriate for you to use 
and redistribute the software, and those are the terms you have to accept.  
Don't like it, don't use it.

Cheers,
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