Microsoft launches open source foundation (Linux-Watch)
Microsoft launches open source foundation (Linux-Watch)
Posted Sep 12, 2009 12:47 UTC (Sat) by trasz (guest, #45786)In reply to: Microsoft launches open source foundation (Linux-Watch) by nix
Parent article: Microsoft launches open source foundation (Linux-Watch)
No, let me repeat. When some company takes BSD code from some project and creates its own, closed-source fork, there is a non-zero probability that this company will hire developers from the project and return code that is not a selling point for them. That happens a lot - from PostgreSQL to FreeBSD to Xorg. That's symbiosis.
When GPL-ed project takes BSD code from some project and creates its own, GPL-ed fork, there is zero probability of the original project getting anything in return. This just doesn't happen - for variety of reasons, one of which is that the GPL license prohibits incorporating changes back to the BSD-licensed code. That's not a symbiosis.
