Comment on Novell and Xamarin Partnership around MonoparentComments−rbanffy15y> So instead I only use software that is "Free" as in "Freedom to do what I want with it", like BSD, MIT or Apache.As a developer, I sure enjoy the freedoms BSD and MIT grant me. If I held a lot of patents, I wouldn't be so happy with Apache.OTOH, as a user, I appreciate the rights *GPL software gives me.BSD vs. GPL is a user rights vs. developer rights thing. You use your license as a tool to achieve the balance you intend to reach.BTW, the way Canonical used the AGPL with Launchpad is brilliant. I never imagined that license could be that useful.
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> So instead I only use software that is "Free" as in "Freedom to do what I want with it", like BSD, MIT or Apache.
As a developer, I sure enjoy the freedoms BSD and MIT grant me. If I held a lot of patents, I wouldn't be so happy with Apache.
OTOH, as a user, I appreciate the rights *GPL software gives me.
BSD vs. GPL is a user rights vs. developer rights thing. You use your license as a tool to achieve the balance you intend to reach.
BTW, the way Canonical used the AGPL with Launchpad is brilliant. I never imagined that license could be that useful.