Re: [Openocd-development] License

[Zach W. <zw...@su...>]

On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 21:57 +0100, Spencer Oliver wrote:
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> GPL is important, but i do not understand people's objections to adding an
> exception - 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> who exactly is this hurting?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Would you like to kick me in the nuts, while saying things like this?
The effect would feel little different.

Such exceptions hurt professional software developers that want to make
a living developing free and open source software -- like me.  I think
they hurt the entire free and open source software movements, actually.

> It would be a shame to have to fork openocd.

Yes.  It would be a shame to see it forked over this, when clear
technical solutions have been offered that comply with the GPL and
provide exactly the same functionality.  I am not ashamed, other than by
the willingness of members in this community to attempt to retroactively
revise a _legal_document_ that was accepted by contributors like myself.

Cheers,

Zach