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Re: GPL v3? Other license options?



On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 11:26:34AM -0700, John Locke wrote:
> As a commercial company, I prefer releasing code under the GPL instead
> of the LGPL (or the Apache or the BSD licenses, etc), simply because it
> prevents competitors from taking my code, extending it, and
> commercializing it without distributing their enhancements. The GPL
> keeps the playing field level, prevents my code from being unfairly used
> against me. As far as which version, I don't know enough about v3 to
> make an informed decision, so we're sticking to v2 for the time being.

I view that argument as a variation on security through obscurity. If
another company can take code that you've written and do a better job of
selling it than you can then the problem isn't with them, or the
license... it's with your company.
-- 
Decibel!, aka Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect  ..hidden.. 
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