Hello Joerg,
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:09:10 +0200 Joerg Schilling Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote:
Marko Vojinovic vvmarko@gmail.com wrote:
So if you want your software to be used by the majority of Linux distros without license-related hiccups, you can always just re-license it to GPL and everyone will be happy.
You seem to be missinformed: When cdrtools have been 100% GPL, it was attacked by Debian _because_ it was 100% GPL and because the GPL is a frequently missinterpreted license.
...so I decided to choose a less problematic license than the GPL.
software as you see fit, they equally have the right to not like your license and to boycott your software because of it.
Democracy is that the doers and this are software authors decide about the license. Distros are just users of the software and have to accept the license and as long as the license is doubtless OSS compliant, I see no reason why a distro should complain.
Exactly! Agree or disagree, but act consequently (and obey to licenses/laws or..). Thanks a bunch for the software you brought to us sinces years, Jörg.
Regards,