| > What is it with GPL ideologues in this thread so if you chose BSD you are exercising your freedom, if people use the GPL the way it was intended, they are lunatics or ideologues. Nice try, little "Nazi schatze" who "fight for fatherland" (cit). > what. It's really that simple. I guess I don't have enough petty envy in me to care if, god forbid, somebody else makes a buck off my code. except that there are INNUMERABLE cases of people having created very successful projects (please provide proof that your code served more than yourself) that are lamenting the fatigue of maintaining it while commercial entities make a lot of money out of it, without giving back, not even pennnies, let alone workers or code. That's why GPL has its merits, it prevents this kind of behaviour which is to be expected from corporations and other private for profit entities. If you think that's ideology and your case will be different, you're simply delusional. As soon as 20 people will start using your code and file bugs, ask for features, open issues on something that is not related in any way to what you wrote, because they did not understand it or were told to nag you, you'll lose your shit. 100% guaranteed. For what? |
Hi, people have made money using my code and I also don’t care. I’m happy more people are using my software. I like the bragging rights and I’ve gotten plenty of work off the back of my opensource work. I understand this is upsetting to you. If you don’t want people using the software you write for free, maybe don’t write free software? That’s sort of the point.
There is a problem of freeloading in the opensource world - we need better ways to fund opensource code. But I don’t see how the GPL is a viable solution to that problem. Not at all. More likely, if I release my code under the GPL not only won’t I get paid, but also nobody will use my software. That sounds like a strategy which just makes everyone lose.