Proprietary software developers calling the GPL “restrictive” never fails to crack me up (also, the GPL - unlike their EULAs - does not govern use at all, only distribution - it is a copyright license).
Every time this topic comes up I am reminded of the post by Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub founder), which I like to think of as “the anti-GNU Manifesto”: open source (almost) everything - the “almost everything” being, in his words, anything that does not “represent core business value.” Predictably, Preston-Werner also complains that the GPL is “too restrictive” - in his world, open source exists only to support the proprietary software business.
Not surprisingly, the “GitHub school” of open source leads to strong frameworks and dev tools, and not much else (because all the “valuable” stuff is kept proprietary). It’s like the reverse of “skipping leg day.”
Proprietary software developers calling the GPL “restrictive” never fails to crack me up (also, the GPL - unlike their EULAs - does not govern use at all, only distribution - it is a copyright license).
Every time this topic comes up I am reminded of the post by Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub founder), which I like to think of as “the anti-GNU Manifesto”: open source (almost) everything - the “almost everything” being, in his words, anything that does not “represent core business value.” Predictably, Preston-Werner also complains that the GPL is “too restrictive” - in his world, open source exists only to support the proprietary software business.
Not surprisingly, the “GitHub school” of open source leads to strong frameworks and dev tools, and not much else (because all the “valuable” stuff is kept proprietary). It’s like the reverse of “skipping leg day.”
cough Steve Ballmer cough