Exactly! There is no downside. Think of the BSD license like the friend that gives you a gift without any strings attached and think of the GPL as the friend who demands compliance to their rules or demands a reciprocal gift in return.
Morally, you will feel compelled to give both friends gifts, but the GPL friend is much more likely to be resented and detested over time, whereas the BSD friend will always be a great friend. GPL friends are the anal-retentive, nuerotic people of the world and BSD friends are the truly alturistic people.
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Re:BSD, enabling parasites
Posted by: ezras on May 13, 2004 03:37 AMExactly! There is no downside. Think of the BSD license like the friend that gives you a gift without any strings attached and think of the GPL as the friend who demands compliance to their rules or demands a reciprocal gift in return.
Morally, you will feel compelled to give both friends gifts, but the GPL friend is much more likely to be resented and detested over time, whereas the BSD friend will always be a great friend. GPL friends are the anal-retentive, nuerotic people of the world and BSD friends are the truly alturistic people.
Just a quick analogy.
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