Re:Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software
by ekianjo on Friday March 21, 2014 @02:25AM
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> And you could argue that being able to keep derivative works proprietary means that BSD-licensed code is more free (as in freedom) than GPL-licensed code
You are misunderstanding one point, though. Free Software is not about the creator's or the contributor's freedom, it's about keeping the piece of software Free to be modified. And a BSD license does not guarantee that the derivatives remain Free Software, hence that's why it's regarded as highly as GPL in that aspect.
You are misunderstanding one point, though. Free Software is not about the creator's or the contributor's freedom, it's about keeping the piece of software Free to be modified. And a BSD license does not guarantee that the derivatives remain Free Software, hence that's why it's regarded as highly as GPL in that aspect.