Shouldn't this flame-bait thread stop now ? Guys, you're just annoying people interested in getting things done!
Get a beer! And if you're an American, go out and vote! - Akhilesh On Nov 4, 10:40 pm, Matthias Benkard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 4, 6:12 pm, Rich Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The CPL doesn't allow me to choose the GPL. > > > You've got this completely backwards - the GPL doesn't allow you to > > combine with certain things, whereas the CPL is fine with it. > > I know that, but the fact is, the GPL has been widely used for a long > time, and consciously choosing a GPL-incompatible license in this > scenario means preventing users from making use of a lot of existing > code. > > Circumstance has it that there is a conflict between the CPL and the > GPL. This doesn't make either the CPL or the GPL a bad license. It > does make it more important to think about the choice of license and > the practical consequences thereof. > > > Completely untrue - the CPL makes no requirements whatsoever on > > libraries with which it is combined. The problem lies with GPL. > > Again, it's not the license itself, it's the _choice_ of license that > I'm talking about. > > > > Therefore, by choosing the CPL, you're making a political statement > > > against a sizable part of the Free Software movement. This ought not > > > to be done without thorough consideration, I think. > > > I'm not making any statement. Some people who choose the GPL end up > > with restrictions about which they are unhappy. LGPL and classpath > > exceptions exist for a reason. > > Yes, but you _could_ choose a slightly different license, right? A > license just like the CPL, but without a choice-of-law clause? Which > could make a lot of people happy? > > You have no obligation to do so, moral or otherwise, and I'm not > trying to make you look evil for choosing GPL incompatibility or > anything. You may say the GPL crowd's unhappiness about the CPL is > their own fault, not yours -- and you're right. The license choice is > up to you. I'm just trying to explain what the problem is, and that > there is a political aspect to it that one might overlook easily. > > Matthias --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
