On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 03:10:32PM -0500, Dale Botkin wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, wouter van ooijen & floortje hanneman wrote:
>
> > > Can't speak for Bob on that one. But I'm curious if anyone else has an
> > > objection to James repackaging and possibly reselling the contents of the
> > > list?
> >
> > I would love it when all posting to the PIClist were either GPL or public
> > domain. That would free up a lot of problems when using hints, code snippets
> > and the like in commercial code, books etc. Maybe I should start by
> > including such a noticde in my signature?
>
> Have you read the whole GPL? I'd never use it for anything.  Just my own
> pesonal opinion, I think it goes too far.  If someone uses some of my code
> that I have released, I don't CARE if they release their improvements or
> modifications to it.  Sure, I'd like to know, but I won't force them to
> disclose all.  The GPL has, I think, a reputation as this great enabling
> share-with-the-world license that is somewhat undeserved.

I think the only thing that untrue is this last statement. The reputation
as a share-with-the-world license is well deserved. Its true restriction
is exactly as you stated, source for code and its derivitives must be
shared if distributed. The force of that restriction causes a wide
proliferation.

BTW the license you're looking for Dale is the BSD license. It pretty much
has no restrictions on redistribution or modifications. It prefectly fits
your desire of a lack of control on deriviatives.

>
> OK, I'll pull on my fire-retardant suit now and grab a CO2 extinguisher...

No need. Your opinion is prefectly valid AFAIC and your facts are right
on the mark. The GPL is restrictive by enforcing sharing.

I still haven't found the license I want. GPL for noncommercial use, royalty
when packaged and sold. It doesn't exist and IANAL so I really can't write one.
So generally I mark my code for noncommerial use. Works so far.

BAJ

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