“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases as BSD”

Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by CyberRabbi on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:08AM (#27745058)

Why do people feel entitled to GPL-licensed work? If you are producing code for a commercial purpose then you have the resources to pay for the code to be written.

Just because GPL code is in the open does not mean it’s wasted if companies can’t use it for their own profit.

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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by benhurmarcel on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:21AM (#27746874)

If you make a cake and smash it on the floor, I can call it a waste without feeling entitled to get some.

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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by ric2b on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:34AM (#27865089)

Awful comparison. GPL is more like a group of people that meet regularly to share cake recipes with the agreement that if anyone has new ideas for those recipes they should share them with whoever they bake cakes for instead of keeping them secret.

And then along comes CakeCompany LTD, complaining that they just want to be part of the group to learn recipes for free without sharing any ideas back, because it would be bad for business, and calling the group a bunch of idiot zealots that are wasting cake recipes by not letting CakeCompany LTD add some nicotine to one of the group's recipes without letting their customers know what their modified recipe is.

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