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

[Legolas]

seventh guardian ha scritto:

>>>I believe the others should have their proportional vote.
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>>I do not have any real comment but I felt the necessity to use the word
>>"anarchy" in some way. Sorry but I don't believe it would be feasible :(
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>When I say "the others" I mean the other co-authors. If someone is
>fundamentalist about some license, then don't work with other
>fundamentalists from the other license :P
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>I'm not fundamentalist, so I have no problem on choosing by vote count.
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Oh, me too.

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>>>Well, an API is just an API, so it shouldn't be licensed. The software
>>>supporting the API would be licensed acordingly with the author(s)'s
>>>will, and every one would be free to write their own version
>>>(respecting the author's rights, of course.)
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>>I really hate people rewriting the same code. Code gets rewritten
>>everyday, I would like to contribute limiting this behaviour if possible.
>>"my wheel is GPL and my wheel is FreeBSD". It's always a wheel, please
>>let's do not waste time...
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>Well, that's the rewritter's problem. I personally wouldn't rewrite
>stuff because I don't agree with the license, but if someone wants to,
>then it's their time...
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How fair would be to rewrite someone's else code *without* having seen 
the original one? It would be biased on concept...

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  Legolas