From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/569 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kurt H Maier Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: License survey Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:27:13 -0500 Message-ID: <20120219072713.GA87696@intma.in> References: <20120219041242.GR146@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329651250 29739 80.91.229.3 (19 Feb 2012 11:34:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:34:10 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-570-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Sun Feb 19 12:34:09 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rz51t-0003fj-86 for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:34:09 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 18101 invoked by uid 550); 19 Feb 2012 11:34:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 15576 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2012 07:27:25 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120219041242.GR146@brightrain.aerifal.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:569 Archived-At: I'd like to see musl released under a BSD or MIT license. It's the only way that musl can really stay free -- you've described the flaws in the LGPL already. The GPL creates a legal morass of restrictions and subtle points of contention, which is what comes of wielding copyright law like a club. Obviously it's your decision, but I hope nobody here is under the delusion that the GPL (and its descendants) represents software freedom. It boils down to "do what you will" vesus "do what I say," and it's up to you if you want to reserve that right. khm