Re:Show HN: A new spline
by patrec on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:56AM
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> The parent is remarking that by choosing GPL the code would probably never be used.
Nonsense. Raph Levien's spiro spline code already is used in Inkscape and Fontforge, as you could easily have found out yourself. How exactly is releasing code under GPL going to to prevent its adoption in widely used GPL'ed software?
And if the approach is any good, why would a commercial software vendor not be convinced by the GPL'ed prototype to reach out to Raph to find a licensing deal or commission work from him rather than doing it themselves?
> people [...] do not realize how unusable GPL is.
The GPL is so unusable that almost every computer or device you touch is full of GPL'ed software.
Nonsense. Raph Levien's spiro spline code already is used in Inkscape and Fontforge, as you could easily have found out yourself. How exactly is releasing code under GPL going to to prevent its adoption in widely used GPL'ed software?
And if the approach is any good, why would a commercial software vendor not be convinced by the GPL'ed prototype to reach out to Raph to find a licensing deal or commission work from him rather than doing it themselves?
> people [...] do not realize how unusable GPL is.
The GPL is so unusable that almost every computer or device you touch is full of GPL'ed software.