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Why BSD?Why BSD?Posted Jan 29, 2008 3:31 UTC (Tue) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)In reply to: Fork Qt by alonso Parent article: Nokia to acquire Trolltech Since Qt is GPLed, why worry about BSDing it? Is this to provide an equivalent to buying a non-GPL license from Trolltech? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with the real scoop.
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Why BSD? Posted Jan 29, 2008 6:16 UTC (Tue) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link] Because the BSD license allows binaries to be distributed without also distributing the code. The BSD license is friendlier to companies that want to add proprietary changes to the code without having to release them for their competition to pick up for free. There are many many people who hate the BSD license for this, and many many who despise the GPL for not having this. Regardless of that particular flame war, that is the difference, and that is why the BSD license *in this case* is seen as a poison pill to keep the code base under the GPL.
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