Junio's wishes [Was: Re: Approxidate licensing]
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Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
- Date
- Oct 10, 2006, 20:54 UTC
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- <junkio@cox.net>
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> My wishes about the code I write for this project is very > simple: > > If you improve my code that had helped you to make it help > you even better, I would like to have that change back, so > that your change would help me the same way as it helped > you. > > The readers may have noticed that I have slight problem with > GPLv2; in my wish it does not matter if you distribute the > result or not. And I am selfish. It is not about helping my > users, but about helping me ;-).
There is a small practical problem with that: How would you find out I'm using a modified version of your code internally? Also, the "distribution" part of GPLv2 is a useful filter: Only such modifications that are worthwhile to distribute get back, not each and every corner I paint myself into while playing around.
All in all, a nice balance, IMVHO.
-- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513