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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thank you for helping me I agree that I need to spend time I am a bit slow either way.<br><br>Thank you, all<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:03:26 -0500<br>From: erikerik@gmail.com<br>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] A question about free software<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:58 PM, paul g <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">does BSD license give me more freedom than GPL-License?</blockquote></div><br>It depends on your definition of "freedom".</div>
<div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">Some people say that the GPL gives less freedom, as it makes it difficult to use GPL-licensed software as part of a larger non-GPL (or proprietary) package. Conversely, some people say that BSD gives less freedom, as it infringes on the rights of the original software authors to have their code (and any derivative code) remain open-source.</div>
<div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">I am employed by a company that uses open-source software extensively in our proprietary software product. When choosing other pre-existing packages to use as part of our product, we nearly always try and find something that is BSD (or equivalent) licensed.</div>
<div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">It's all very complicated, and there are very strong opinions on both sides of the issue. You probably just ought to spend some time reading about the various open-source licenses to familiarize yourself.</div>
<div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">-Erik</div></div>
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