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Have You Seen These (Mozilla) Hackers?

Posted by timothy on from the apb dept.

Gerv writes: "mozilla.org are in the last stages of the Mozilla relicensing project (from [MN]PL to a [MN]PL/LGPL/GPL tri-license), but are still looking for a number of Mozilla contributors to ask them for permission to relicense. They want the help of the community in tracking them down. Have you seen these hackers?"

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  1. Re:Maybe... by Gerv · · Score: 5, Informative

    Maybe this will make some people consider using a simpler, freer license

    Those are very loaded words. Not everyone can have maximum freedom.

    For example, a user's freedom to do anything they like with the code (a BSD-style license) means they can take away another user's freedom to do the same (close the source.)

    On the other hand, a programmer's freedom to keep the code open (GPL license) takes away the user's freedom to close the source.

    There is no way everyone can have all possible freedoms, because they are mutually exclusive. Whether you release your stuff under the GPL license or the BSD license depends on whether you think the initial user's freedom, all user's freedoms, or the programmer's freedom should be paramount. All viewpoints are valid.

    Mozilla.org wishes to make Mozilla code available to GPLed apps while still keeping copyleft protections at MPL level or better. Hence the relicensing project.

    Gerv