We Don't Need the GPL Anymore 919
jpkunst writes "In a lengthy interview with Eric S. Raymond by Federico Biancuzzi at O'Reilly's onlamp.com, ESR defends his position that 'Open source would be succeeding faster if the GPL didn't make lots of people nervous about adopting it.'" From the article: "I don't think the GPL is the principal reason for Linux's success. Rather, I believe it's because in 1991 Linus was the first person to find the right social architecture for distributed software development. It wasn't possible much before then because it required cheap internet; and after Linux, most people who might otherwise have founded OS projects found that the minimum-energy route to what they wanted was to improve Linux. The GPL helped, but I think mainly as a sort of social signal rather than as a legal document with teeth."
On the contrary (Score:1, Funny)
We don't need Eric S. Raymond.
Note the lack of "anymore" in that sentence.
Re:Oh for Pete's sake! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh for Pete's sake! (Score:5, Funny)
Of course we can't.
Weather forecast (Score:2, Funny)
Awww.... the GPL makes you nervous? (Score:3, Funny)
Talent and time are the only things holding FOSS back.
Re:GPL Teeth? (Score:1, Funny)
The International Standards Organization carried out a study last year; in order of increasing sharpness:
Re:ESR on drugs (Score:5, Funny)
You know they often get more mileage out of a provocative article than an informative one.
Re:Weather forecast (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh for Pete's sake! (Score:1, Funny)
I keep forgetting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I keep forgetting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Amazing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I keep forgetting (Score:5, Funny)
Better get everyone to agree on that standard before you publish it. Otherwise you'll have MS people putting curly braces, Linux people putting brackets, and Mac people using Floating Hearts or something...
*ducks*
Re:Silly OSI vs FSF marketing fud (Score:4, Funny)
OSI = West Coast
FSF = East Coast
Re:I keep forgetting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Silly OSI vs FSF marketing fud (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Silly OSI vs FSF marketing fud (Score:1, Funny)
> their Microsoft settlement to get the
> pattent-encumbered CDDL approved
The FSF has it on thier list of free software licenses too.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPL
Re:He's right, of course (Score:3, Funny)
Re:GPL Teeth? (Score:2, Funny)