[sldev] [POLICY] ESC exempt from open source and GPL licensing?

[Taran Rampersad]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> On 11-Nov-2007, at 09:54, Taran Rampersad wrote:
>> Dirk Moerenhout wrote:
>>> If you're not coding for the thrill of making something no Open Source
>>> project is really good for you.
>
>> Some people code for a living as well, and are trying to make ends meet.
>
> Then they need to spend less time on open source projects and more
> time on coding for a living. It's been a busy year for me, too.
>
> If working on an open source project provides a benefit for you, then
> you've got your gas. If someone else gets some gas to fill up their
> taxi, so long as their getting the gas didn't cost you more then them
> NOT getting the gas, what does it matter? If the license prevents you
> from getting your gas, then that's a different matter, but worrying
> about whether other people are getting more or less gas than you seems
> counterproductive.
>
> But dual licensing doesn't normally do that. The GPL may, depending on
> how you plan on getting your gas, but I have difficulty seeing how
> dual licensing on top of the GPL could change things in a situation
> like this where Linden Labs has control over the grid no matter what
> license the client is under.
>
First you're over there, then you're over there, then... I am having
trouble figuring out what you are getting at. Again, I will take your
suggestions under advisement, but I do not see the facts I have
requested and getting advice from someone who claims to have written
open source code before the GPL is a little shakey.

I get that you are experienced, that you believe in what you do, etc. I
get that. But what you believe is not what I have been asking for.
Thanks for your input.

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