Still no new license -- but draft text available

[Pat McCann]

esj at harvee.billerica.ma.us (Eric S. Johansson) writes:

> Another way of looking at it is in terms of compensation.  The GPL
> compensates you for your effort by making sure all future revisions
> are available to everyone.
> 
> The BSD license gives people the freedom to taker work without
> compensation to you for your effort.
> 
> keeping all future revisions available to everyone fits my definition
> of more generous.

Bush (BSD) and Gore (GPL) independingly write programs that do 
the same thing.

Olsen modifies both programs and publishes it opened.
Carter modifies Bush's program and publishes it closed.

Bush "gave" his program to the public for BSD use. Which allowed:
    Olsen to "give" his modificatons to the public for BSD use.
    Carter to "give" his modifcations to the public for running.

Gore "gave" his program to the public for GPL use. Which allowed:
    Olsen to "give" his modificatons to the public for GPL use.

Bush gave away more rights which allowed more revisions.
Gore gave away fewer rights which allowed fewer revisions.

Notice I used "allowed" not "resulted in".  (GPL might or might
not have an advantage over BSD there.)  And neither Bush or Gore
gets credit for Olsen's or Carter's generosity.  They get credit
for giving away their program and rights of differing value.

Bush is more generous with HIS stuff.
Gore is more generous with OTHER PEOPLE'S stuff.

(That double-entendre wasn't planned, but was too true to clean up.)