On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: > Santiago wrote: > > This is not a matter of "breaking the standard" [*] > > > > People should be able to modify TAO to conform to *another* standard. > > If they do not have this freedom, TAO is not free enough. > > Hmm, what about the GPL (going off on a tangent, I know)? The GPL forces > someone who uses GPLed code fragments to change his software's own > licensing terms otherwise the code fragments can't be used. This doesn't > seem to be "free enough," IMHO. The GPL places one heck of a restriction > on GPLed code. TAO has the "conforming to a standard" restriction, but it > does not disallow anyone from modifying the TAO source as long as it > conforms to the IIOP 1.0 standard.
I can still write free software using GPLed code fragments. I can't write free software using TAO fragments, because TAO itself forbids me to do so. I think there is a big difference. > I can't imagine why anyone would want > to deviate from the standard and begin yet another development fork. I can, but if you can't imagine and the authors can't imagine, why don't they remove this restriction from the license? ;-) -- "56a1bd9a30dc47fa84719b694f2d35a2" (a truly random sig)
