From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26414 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2022 21:43:11 -0000 Received: from tb-ob0.topicbox.com (64.147.108.117) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 29 Jan 2022 21:43:11 -0000 Received: from tb-mx0.topicbox.com (tb-mx0.nyi.icgroup.com [10.90.30.73]) by tb-ob0.topicbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59F330123 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:43:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bounce.mM300d0dce4e0019b8b17fae4a.r522be890-2105-11eb-b15e-8d699134e1fa@9fans.bounce.topicbox.com) Received: by tb-mx0.topicbox.com (Postfix, from userid 1132) id E19FC146A5D1; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:43:10 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=9fans.net; h=to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from:list-help:list-id :list-post:list-subscribe:reply-to:list-unsubscribe; s=dkim-1; bh=Jn5x7jb5OVHPZKqeb4FqYCWw18EHKl0nTsZACAnUHME=; b=qWZSqMxKQj3j DqKIADPteacl2mnPDgbZb+X7XhUsLHDHYRy9s+HHeDN7I6vlEsxr75EesViuR17Y at/tF9dcIjseytQTYIl03dLZAKS2+H0fWX1J6SdXDUnYBnd0f73C7wd6tRrQm/Bk 6rJxOTMcBb0GU9Y/VIAKV1wZBqljw5A= To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] licence question Message-Id: <16434925810.eeA3aBF.311885@composer.9fans.topicbox.com> In-Reply-To: <8290453C-6FF6-4D5A-B6E0-F603F3C47B33@quintile.net> References: <8290453C-6FF6-4D5A-B6E0-F603F3C47B33@quintile.net> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:43:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=16434925811.2D077d.311885 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Policy-Reasoning: allow: sender is a member Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6ecdf5d0-814c-11ec-af41-33da212d11b0 Archived-At: =?UTF-8?B?PGh0dHBzOi8vOWZhbnMudG9waWNib3guY29tL2dyb3Vwcy85?= =?UTF-8?B?ZmFucy9UM2UwN2JmZGYyNjNhODNjOC1NMzAwZDBkY2U0ZTAwMTliOGIxN2Zh?= =?UTF-8?B?ZTRhPg==?= From: "ibrahim via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net> List-Help: List-Id: "9fans" <9fans.9fans.net> List-Post: List-Software: Topicbox v0 List-Subscribe: Precedence: list Reply-To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> List-Unsubscribe: , Topicbox-Delivery-ID: 2:9fans:437d30aa-c441-11e9-8a57-d036212d11b0:522be890-2105-11eb-b15e-8d699134e1fa:M300d0dce4e0019b8b17fae4a:1:zg8n3N2Eje1m0fCfomGHO6SoUxKzz4PGyzrkH9wqm0w --16434925811.2D077d.311885 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:43:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, 29 January 2022, at 10:18 PM, Steve Simon wrote: > Someone doesn=E2=80=99t like GPLs, can we not just accept this and not te= ll them they are wrong. And if they wish not to release the source for their work, again that is th= eir decision. Thanks for your support. I mean it. I don't get the argumentations here. Everyone was happy that plan9 was reli= censed as MIT last year. If no one is allowed to make closed source distrib= utions of plan9 based systems than why were all unhappy with the prior lice= nses. Years ago plan9 was licensed as GPL. 9front kept licensing with MIT. = If you expect everybody to make their products and systems fully open sourc= ed than you should have sticked with the GPL license. I admired the determi= nation of 9front taking this step for years. Now I'm really surprised about= some remarks in this thread. BSD or MIT licensed software encourages the u= se of such software in closed source products. GPL restricts this. I'm also willing to support those projects with code I thing will be of val= ue for others and giving them also the right to use this code open sourced = or closed source as they prefer and allowed by applying the mit licence for= my parts.=20 ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T3e07bfdf263a83c8-M300d0= dce4e0019b8b17fae4a Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription --16434925811.2D077d.311885 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:43:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Saturday, 29 January 2022, at 10:18 PM, Ste= ve Simon wrote:
Someone doesn’t = like GPLs, can we not just accept this and not tell them they are wrong. And if they wish not to release the source for their work, again that is th= eir decision.

Thanks for your suppo= rt. I mean it.

I don't get the argumen= tations here. Everyone was happy that plan9 was relicensed as MIT last year= . If no one is allowed to make closed source distributions of plan9 based s= ystems than why were all unhappy with the prior licenses. Years ago plan9 w= as licensed as GPL. 9front kept licensing with MIT. If you expect everybody= to make their products and systems fully open sourced than you should have= sticked with the GPL license. I admired the determination of 9front taking= this step for years. Now I'm really surprised about some remarks in th= is thread. BSD or MIT licensed software encourages the use of such software= in closed source products. GPL restricts this.

I'm also willing to support those projects with code I thing will= be of value for others and giving them also the right to use this code ope= n sourced or closed source as they prefer and allowed by applying the mit l= icence for my parts.
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