From: Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:54:26 GMT
Subject: Junio's wishes [Was: Re: Approxidate licensing]
Message-ID: <200610102054.k9AKsQ2a004095@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To: <junkio@cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> 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.
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