[N3WBI3]

I think there is an outside chance of this happening, it really depend on how we see Linux play out. If it manages to stay GPLv2 no biggie but if I were an embedded device designer the gpl3 would give me *real* pause before using it.

[N3WBI3]

OSS Ping

[TChris]

I think there is an outside chance of this happening, it really depend on how we see Linux play out. If it manages to stay GPLv2 no biggie but if I were an embedded device designer the gpl3 would give me *real* pause before using it.

That's my attitude, with a limited understanding of GPLv3.

The BSDs look pretty attractive by comparison.

[DesScorp]

Yeah, I’m looking at FBSD myself...

[PAR35]

Isn’t this a straw man argument? Last I read, Linux wasn’t going from 2 to 3.

[antiRepublicrat]

A lot of people like the give-back clause of most open source licenses since that’s their payment for writing the code. BSD doesn’t have that, and is damn near putting your code in the public domain.

How about an OS on the Mozilla license — it has the give-back clause, no DRM clause, and clearly delineates what is and isn’t considered derivative. Solaris’ CDDL is close to that, but I’m not a Sun or Solaris fan.

[Knitebane]

Horsepucky.

From a user perspective there is zero difference between the BSDs and Linux. You can use both of them however you want.

From a developer perspective he might have some point, but the developer camps are pretty much established between the BSD folks and the GPL folks at this point.

As a disclaimer, I use both. I prefer BSD, specifically FreeBSD, on servers and OpenBSD, specifically on security devices, over Linux. I use Linux for desktop and specialty systems.

[Dominick]

I think the FUD meters are running higher.