One of the things that's been discussed a lot over the years is how Linux seems to succeed enmass across many different markets whereas BSD is relegated to...One of the things that's been discussed a lot over the years is how Linux seems to succeed enmass across many different markets whereas BSD is relegated to just a sizeable slice of the server world. Finding anyone who actually runs any of the BSD's as a desktop seems very hard to come by. But why is this? Likely it's due to the excessively open nature of the BSD license, as many have claimed. In short, the GPL says that "if you change it, you must share your changes", yet the BSD license says, "Feel free to take what you like, but you don't need to give anything back." That in itself has lead to a plundering of the BSD's the likes of which would make any pirate proud.
to LW2-Arbeit OpenSource gpl by torstenschuenemann on Dec 30, 2007, 6:00 PM