From my perspective as someone outside the BSD and GPL cultures, both camps seem to have many more similarities than differences. I see both Theo and Richard as principled iconoclasts, stubbornly creating and promoting software that meets their individual high standards, meeting and overcoming difficult opposition.
It seems likely that no one license can preserve all possible freedoms. In my view, both licenses have advantages the other cannot possess. So I don't think reconciliation is required, or even desirable (and, from a purely selfish standpoint, I find following these threads to be far more entertaining than sports). Despite your differences, you probably remain the other's closest ally. There is ample room for GPL and BSD. We need eternally free software, if only as a counterbalance and last resort to encroaching commercialism. But there are also essential functions in a networked world that are best served by software that can be used for any purpose. I value the liberty of deciding what freedoms are most important to a project and its goals, and picking the license that best suits it. -Ken
