POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous : Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous Server Time
23 Dec 2025 08:25:16 EST (-0500)
  Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous  
From: Darren New
Date: 30 Jan 2009 13:34:24
Message: <49834830$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
>> The brainwashing in this case is to make people think that if I 
>> improve your code, then it's still your code to control.
> 
> I don't think I get it what you mean.

You conflate "my code, with your code added" to be the same as "my code". 
The GPL isn't "more free" than the MIT license. It's just letting you 
exercise different control over the code you wrote yourself. You can prevent 
me from distributing your code in ways you don't like, but that's true of 
every license.

The thing that's "getting ridiculous" is when people go out of their way to 
apply the GPL to *your* code when it *isn't* a derivative of any GPLed code. 
See how that works?

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.