> I think the best example is "Free as in Beer." > Which already misses the point.
> I can brew beer all day. > > I can keep it to myself. > > I can also share it. > > If I share a beer with you, it is free. (I am giving it to you) > If you sell it to me it's also free. You are missing the point. > If I share a beer with you under the BSDL, then I expect you to tell > people I gave you that beer should they taste it and enjoy it as well. > (I want you to tell them whether they enjoyed it or not.) > > If, however, I share a beer with you under the GPL then you are > required to follow an entire listing on proper procedure and protocol > for sharing that beer. In fact, unless you are ready to make the ingredients > available to everyone else, you better not experiment with my beer. > > Making an analogy with concrete examples is not useful because they are different from information. You could make an analogy with recipes: If the recipe is under the GPL, if you give someone an obfuscated recipe you would have to give the real recipe. But it's not very useful either.
