[s1mp3-dev] Licensing - (L)GPL x FreeBSD

[Bluechip]

>1. Everyone is free to choose and stick with the license they think it's best.
>
>2. If it's an individual work ( ex.: loadram by Jeroen ) , it 
>remains as the author wants to license it, as long as it does not 
>force other works by other people on the team to follow the same 
>licensing method. (it would conflict with rule #1)
>
>3. If it was a work done by a group, the person who contributed most 
>to that work gets to decide the license of the code.
>3.1. Each work shall decide on a license from the start - so there 
>are no conflicts later (Like making noncopyleft become copyleft)
>
>*if you decide on a copyleft license, your work may be ignored and 
>rewritten under a non-copyleft license
>
>*the project will choose for using copyleft or non-copyleft works 
>that does the same job by picking up the "best" work available.
>
>so - what do you guys think of it ?

As soon as one piece of GPL code enters the project, the whole 
project becomes "infected" by "copyleft".
Due to bad experiences with GPL, I took a vow never to get involved 
in it again.
I am fully aware of the ramifications of my decision, but as a good 
friend of my sister once said:
"morals come at an acceptably high price"

I must make it clear, that I am _not_ pushing for a single project 
license.  Just answering the question "what do you guys think"

BC