On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 06:08:36PM -0000, max wrote: > I guess my argument is that with multiple contributors, the gpl, in > comparison to say, a BSD style license, grants power to the code. If 3 > people work on a gpl project, they must agree to any changes. If 3 > people work on a BSD style project, they each can do whatever the hell > they like with the code. So, in my opinion, the gpl ends up giving > perhaps not rights, but certainly power, to the actual code base. Well, but it's not comparable: GPL without copyright assignment just leads to "community-owned" projects. Every part-owner owns his part. And it makes relicensing (taking the project closed-source) very difficult.
That's a design feature, not a bug ;) Andreas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
