From: andrew via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
Subject: People calling the GPLs 'evil licenses' - action plan?
Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 23:52:50 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220517155250.q65vcyqtujvhutec@gentoo-dell> (raw)
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Andrew Would https://git.andrewyu.org/pygame-multiplayer/ suffice to indicate extending an existing Expat (MIT) project into a project based on the original work but licensed under the (A)GPL?
Andrew ugh, forgot to place the agpl in it
ChrisWarrick ask a lawyer
ChrisWarrick (and consider a less evil license)
Andrew Not asking for legal advice, just general practice
Andrew And I don't consider the GPLs to be evil, I use them for bigger projects while I use public domain (unlicense) for smaller ones
ChrisWarrick licenses are legal stuff, so you are asking for legal advice
Andrew asking stuff like 'does the US have any laws' is legal but isn't asking for legal advice imo
ChrisWarrick your question is “am I interpeting and using the license correctly”
Andrew i guess
Andrew and why do you think the gpl is evil?
ChrisWarrick GPL, and especially AGPL, makes your code less free than MIT/BSD
nedbat Andrew: this is a classic debate
Andrew ChrisWarrick: PM me, thanks
Andrew because I want to prevent people from proprietizing it
ChrisWarrick but at the same time, you’re benefitting from Brandon Nguyen’s work
Andrew yes
ChrisWarrick but he isn’t able to benefit from yours
Andrew they could use the AGPL/GPL, and they could ask me for an exception
Andrew the greater danger is people taking expat code and proprietizing it, hindering free use altogether
ChrisWarrick what is wrong with proprietary use though?
Andrew i'll get back to you with an article tomorrow, thanks on your thoughts
Andrew meanwhile, https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuck-licenses explains part of it
Andrew dont agree to all of it, i see a lot of use of permissive licenses, but not for the project working on now
ChrisWarrick do you have a less offensive article?
Andrew I'm working on that
ChrisWarrick okay
I hope this is clear enough on what I need ... well, how do I explain
the GPL to them?
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2022-05-17 15:52 andrew via libreplanet-discuss [this message]
2022-05-17 16:20 ` People calling the GPLs 'evil licenses' - action plan? wolftune
2022-05-17 21:27 ` Dennis Payne
2022-05-18 2:15 ` Aaron Wolf
2022-05-18 16:26 ` Jim Garrett
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