Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 07:46:18PM -0700, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > > I've edited that nascent DFSG FAQ and put it at > > > > http://www-bcl.cs.unm.edu/~bap/dfsg-faq.html > > > > I'd appreciate comments. > > It seems a bit eager about the GPL. I'd much prefer if it gave equal > time to the GPL and the BSD camps. Better yet, recommend the two > licenses without trying to summarize them (people ARE supposed to > read licenses before applying them, after all!), and just state the > advantages of using standard licenses: they're better understood by > the community, they've been written by actual lawyers, people don't > have to spend time figuring them out before using the program or > helping with development, and they make it easier to share code > between your project and others.
Yes, I agree. I'm an unashamed total GPL fan, but I think this document might give a very brief description of the basic merits and then leave it at that.
