On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Gordan Bobic <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It seems to me (and always has, thinking about it) that the argument of > BSD vs. GPL vs. LGPL vs. whatever-other-open-source-licence has always > been a passtime for people who lack either the ability or the > inclination to get on with real productive work. Flame me for that > statement all you want, but that's just what it's always looked like to me. I think you're confusing ideologues who feel obligated to fight their moral crusade anywhere they can, with people who have concerns with real world legal issues. > I don't see that this particular licensing "issue" is stopping OpenSSL > shipping with every major distro, with a lot of packages linking against > it. Hardlining on this issue seems like it blows things way out of > proportion. Unfortunately, what may very well be a "minor insignificant technicality" can still get your ass sued out of existence in the Real World. OpenSSL persists because of momentum. The world around us has changed, Open Source WON its battle for legal and practical legitimacy, and what were once handwave-able legal technicalities can no longer be ignored as they once were. Also, I suspect there's a "hypocrisy" factor at work here. Having a history of picking and choosing which licences you follow to the letter just because you're on the "same side" can be used against you in other more hostile copyright enforcement claims. This is why the FSF has to take a hard line on these things. (IANAL) _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
