<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Sorry Gordon, but I must disagree on that statement!</div><div><br></div>The <b>beauty of Free and Open Source is all about it's License</b>, that promotes 4 liberties: use, share, modify and distribute!</div><div>And the success of of OS depends on the Developers community!<br></div><br></div><div>Since Autodesk as adopted LGPL for Mapguide Open Source, <br></div><div><a href="http://mapguide.osgeo.org/about.html">http://mapguide.osgeo.org/about.html</a></div><div><a href="http://mapguide.osgeo.org/lgpl.html">http://mapguide.osgeo.org/lgpl.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>This license compromises it's future and the developers community.</div><div><br></div></div><div>You should read the explanation bellow:</div><div><a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/<b>why-not-lgpl</b>.html</a><br> <i>The choice
of license makes a big difference: using the Lesser GPL permits use
of the library in proprietary programs; using the ordinary GPL for a
library makes it available only for free programs.<br><br></i></div><i>Proprietary software developers, seeking to deny the free competition
an important advantage, will try to convince authors not to contribute
libraries to the GPL-covered collection. For example, they may appeal
to the ego, promising “more users for this library” if we
let them use the code in proprietary software products. Popularity is
tempting, and it is easy for a library developer to rationalize the
idea that boosting the popularity of that one library is what the
community needs above all.
</i><p><i>
But we should not listen to these temptations, because we can achieve
much more if we stand together. We free software developers should
support one another. By releasing libraries that are limited to free
software only, we can help each other's free software packages outdo
the proprietary counterparts. The whole free software movement will
have more popularity, because free software as a whole will stack up
better against the competition.</i></p><br><div>Today there is even a better license for server software, the A-GPL:</div><div><i>The purpose of the GNU Affero GPL is to prevent a problem that
affects developers of free programs that are often used on
servers.</i> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Read more about it:
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">But suppose the program is mainly useful on
servers. When D modifies the program, he might very likely run it on his
own server and never release copies. Then you would never get a copy of
the source code of his version, so you would never have the chance to
include his changes in your version. You may not like that outcome.<br><br>Using the GNU Affero <span class="gmail-m_7213307187094851012gmail-il">GPL</span> avoids
that outcome. If D runs his version on a server that everyone can use,
you too can use it. Assuming he has followed the license requirement to
let the server's users download the source code of his version, you can
do so, and then you can incorporate his changes into your version. (If
he hasn't followed it, you have your lawyer complain to him.)</i></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!<br></div><br><br><i></i></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-01-16 17:45 GMT+00:00 GordonL <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gordon.luckett@arrowgeomatics.com" target="_blank">gordon.luckett@arrowgeomatics.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The bright-ness is about who uses it. The more we use it, the more likely it<br>
becomes a standard.<br>
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The success of Open Source is not sales but community participation and<br>
adoption.<br>
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