From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/587 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bobby Bingham Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: License survey Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:59:17 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20120219041242.GR146@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <20120221154253.GV31975@port70.net> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329843592 1859 80.91.229.3 (21 Feb 2012 16:59:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:59:52 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-588-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Tue Feb 21 17:59:52 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 1Rzt4A-0008Mf-AP for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:59:50 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 6114 invoked by uid 550); 21 Feb 2012 16:59:49 -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 6106 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2012 16:59:49 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of uhmmmm@gmail.com designates 10.220.107.79 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.220.107.79; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of uhmmmm@gmail.com designates 10.220.107.79 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=uhmmmm@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=uhmmmm@gmail.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=UzJnbSNd2X9Tk0P4I1NWSAG+KqzCA2eoN3uvarIR3so=; b=kQIxG0ew0RJgxFhmdLpPxrIhtw5p1u66bDjWNgZafneihm0pvTEF20+vNG1sR0TcTK pYmm0ChttUeJ6dekigRmlwGIMeNl6PRgqT+UEGGgh9Tfjoqop6jSEBLIY4rb6mJkRYgV mLtpxjuR5Pm2EYPudAO8V2SoStx6Bj1f8gLII= In-Reply-To: <20120221154253.GV31975@port70.net> Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:587 Archived-At: On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: > [...] > i'd encourage sharing third party improvements > (and try to make it easy) > but would not try to enforce it > (except may be by publishing evildoers on a wall of shame) > This sounds like a contradictory position to me. The whole point of a license is as a place for you to spell out your requirements for others to use/redistribute the software. If you want them to share their improvements, that's exactly the sort of thing that belongs in the license. It sounds odd to me to use a license allowing others to keep their improvements closed, and then to shame them for actually following the license. -- Bobby Bingham