Re: [Nolug] BSD vs GPL

Simon Dorfman <simon@yamlike.com> writes:

> http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/07/06/mullenweg-gpl

concludes:

    To wit: that GPL-licensed software projects discourage participation
    from developers working on anything other than other GPL-licensed
    software projects. That’s pretty much the stated goal of the
    FSF. BSD-licensed projects encourage participation from developers
    working on just about anything.

Absolutely true. However, the authors ignore the size (note, I say
nothing about quality) of the community of Linux Kernel developers vs
*BSD Kernel developers. The more restrictive license is generating a
larger community of developers and users.

And please don't bring up the pitiful desktop market share argument. I
said “Users”, not “Desktop Users”.

Mark.

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