Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
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.
The GPL is designed to restrict distribution of combinations of things that are not all-GPL if any component is GPL. So any other license is equally problematic as long as GPL components might exist. The 'less problematic' solution is dual licensing like perl uses unless you want to apply restrictions one way or the other.
I was attacked by Debian _for_ using the GPL and it seems that you did not help at that time. I will not use a license again after I was attacked _because_ I used this specific license.
The GPL is discouraged by Debian...
You should think aboiut why you did not help to defend the GPL in 2005.
Jörg