[Asterisk-Users] Re: Advice on OS Choice

[Jason T. Nelson]

In our last exciting episode, Kevin Walsh (kevin at cursor.biz) said:
> Perhaps "steal" was a bit harsh then.  Maybe I should have said Apple,
> Microsoft and others "close the source with no compensation nor
> recognition given to the original authors, as allowed by the stupid BSD
> license."  It's the authors' fault really.  They live and learn.  Perhaps
> they'll use the GPL next time.

The BSD license says nothing about compensation; have you read it lately?

 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

Nope, not in there. Sorry.

You are mocking software authors who make a CONSCIOUS choice to use the
BSD license (or other BSD-style licenses) by calling it "stupid". Perhaps
they are uncomfortable with some of the restrictions imposed by the GPL?

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