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Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library
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Andrew Haley |
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Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library |
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Tue, 04 May 2010 16:10:54 -0000 |
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In gnu.misc.discuss Raffael Cavallaro
<raffaelcavallaro@pas.espam.s.il.vous.plait.mac.com> wrote:
> On 2010-03-21 22:14:30 -0400, Pascal J. Bourguignon said:
>
> My principal objection to the GPL is that its license requirements
> regarding opening source code make it very unpopular with many
> commercial developers, and therefore whenever possible, they choose
> non-GPL alternatives.
The choose non-GPL alternatives because they want their software not
to be free, unlike the libraries they use.
> In short, I don't think GPL licensing gets you anything additional in
> terms of getting code open sourced.
But history says otherwise. For example, there's a lot of code in gcc
that is there because the customer was told that if they wanted their
gcc extension (custom back-end, front-end changes, etc) they'd have to
release it under the GPL.
> I think people should avoid GPL licensing their work as a pragmatic
> means of ensuring maximal adoption. Ironically, the FSF understood
> this dynamic which is why they created the Library GPL, now known as
> the Lesser GPL.
There's nothing ironic about it. The FSF seeks to maximize freedom,
so licenses code whichever way works best. Libraries sometimes have
different needs from applications.
Andrew.
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, (continued)
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Nicolas Neuss, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Nicolas Neuss, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, RG, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Raffael Cavallaro, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Lieven Marchand, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Raffael Cavallaro, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library,
Andrew Haley <=
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Raffael Cavallaro, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04