Re:Messenger.com Now 50% Converted to Reason
by blackoil on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:34PM
(#15210441)
GPL forces people to change behaviour, if they do not wish to open source their software, or use a different license.
Re:Messenger.com Now 50% Converted to Reason
by AsyncAwait on Sunday September 10, 2017 @08:09AM
(#15211868)
> GPL forces people to change behaviour, if they do not wish to open source their software
GPL forces people to respect the wishes of whatever software they depend on, they're free to not use it.
Re:Messenger.com Now 50% Converted to Reason
by sillysaurus3 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:37PM
(#15210448)
In order to open the software to more people. The license here is a defensive move solely to limit damage.
Which is fine, I get it. There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just lamenting that Software Matters Now. At this point it's less about having an open culture of sharing and more "We own this."
It's better not to use software to force people to change their behavior. It's open source software. That means something. Or used to, at least. We've come from the ideals of the GPL down to defensive/active countermeasures of corporation vs corporation conflict.