[Gslug-general] BSD

[Jason Self]

>Opensource's original
> goal was to allow people to not have to reinvent the wheel at every turn.

Free Software predates Open Source.

> I find the GPL is
> very limiting when it comes to developing for profit.

Nothing in the GPL prevents someone from making a profit, as Paul
Bartell indicated.

> It
> seems very annoying that the GNU crowd is forcing the future code to say
> open, code they don't write or touch or have nothing to do with and they
> make laws around it just because it uses libraries or files from a GPL'ed
> program. It makes no sense to me. I wanted to know why people think the GPL
> was so great in comparision to more freeing licenses.

Free Software is a social movement. It is very different from Open
Source, a different approach, philosophy, and values, but the two
camps do work together when their interests are aligned.

Here is an article that might explain more.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html