On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 19:41 +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> >
> > Is a non-free version a big issue for you? I've always been a big fan
> > of perl's dual-license approach which effectively removes the
> > restrictions
> > of the GPL while allowing it to co-exist with GPL'd components. I think
> > it's been a good thing for everyone.
> >
>
> I'm not aware of what Perl's dual license is. If it is something like what
> MySQL does, i.e. offer special versions for a price, then I'm not very
> enthousiastic about that kind of model for Bacula.
The other one is called the 'Artistic' license and is very BSD-like in
permitting unrestricted distribution. By allowing your choice of
distribution license terms it cleverly avoids the trap of prohibiting
useful combinations with either gpl'd or non-gpl'd code. Someone can
make a commercial version of perl and not distribute source, but they
can't prohibit anyone else from continuing to distribute under the
GPL - and there are no issues with linking with commercial libraries
like database clients.
> Nor would I like to see
> some Venture Capital effort come along and snap up Bacula as they have done
> for Amanda. I also don't particularly like the BSD licenses as they don't
> require a "tit for a tat" as Linus calls it.
That's a matter of religion, I guess. I see enough examples of free
code and products like X, NFS, firefox, openoffice and java that would
never have been started if GPL had been a requirement that I can't
believe the requirement is necessary or even a good thing. But, I
personally think that the existence of OS-X is a good thing even
if all of it's code does not make it back to freebsd - opinions
will differ about that.
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