Re: gEDA-user: firmware and the GPL license

[al davis <ad151@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 15 November 2007, DJ Delorie wrote:
> IMHO, in summary, there are three interested parties:
>
> 1. The developer
> 2. The consumer
> 3. The software
>
> Proprietary licenses protect the developer's rights and
> abilities. BSD licenses protect the consumer's rights and
> abilities. GPL licenses protect the software's rights and
> abilities.

I see...

1. The consumer
2. The developer
3. The developer's owner
4. The re-developer
5. The re-developer's owner
4. The re-re-developer
5. The re-re-developer's owner

BSD licenses protect the re-developer's owner, at the expense of 
everyone else.

GPL protects all but the "owners" at the expense of 
the "owners".  

Proprietary licenses protect the owners at the expense of 
everyone else.  They do not protect the developers.

(People can be owned????)

Only GPL protects both the consumer and developer (and all 
re-developers).

BSD licenses exist for the purpose of transferring technology to 
the proprietary, enabing a proprietary fork.


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