Please move this conversation to license-discuss. (a reply should do it, since I set the reply-to accordingly)
Thank you, --V > On 24 Oct 2018, at 18:59, Lawrence Rosen <lro...@rosenlaw.com> wrote: > > Larry Rosen asked: > > > And you should define "license Ragnarök." > > Josh Berkus answered: > > A state of universal F.U.D. in which nobody can produce or use any open > > source software because nobody can figure out how to do so without > > conflicting with someone's license. > > You are misrepresenting open source licenses. ALL open source software can be > used. It can also be copied. Derivative works can be created. Those works can > be distributed to the public. Its source code is available. This is true for > EVERY OPEN SOURCE LICENSE! You are quoting a universal F.U.D. that open > source licenses are in conflict. NOT FOR THOSE PURPOSES! > > Yes, open source licenses are often incompatible for the creation of merged > derivative works. But it is a gross misrepresentation to claim that "nobody > can figure out how to do so." It is done around the world by developers, with > care. True, there are some companies that are afraid of specific wording of > certain open source licenses that may create risks to their "corresponding > source" or to their "proprietary derivative works." Google/Alphabet is an > example of a large company that avoids network-copyleft licenses like the > plague, giving up those FOSS free copyrights listed above rather than risk > the other license terms and conditions. Even then, dual licensing often > allows work-arounds for those companies and profits for developers. > > Please stop crying about imaginary F.U.D. There are legitimate legal reasons > to read the terms of open source licenses carefully, but you exaggerate their > incompatibilities and conflicts. > > /Larry > > _______________________________________________ > License-review mailing list > license-rev...@lists.opensource.org > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
