> "Why are you guys so fork paranoid? Do you want everyone to vote for the same political party, too?" -- Theo de Raadt
A witty saying proves nothing, but it might be a good starting point for a discussion. To me, it isn't strange that an author wants to avoid dilution and confusion of their work, we all feel this way at one point or another when producing software.
But, when I pick a community and a language to express myself, I consider several potential future issues. Such as, will this language be around in five years? Will I be able to port it to a platform that few people find to be important/interesting enough? Will I be allowed to experiment with the fundamentals? Will I be allowed to disagree with the original author on how things are done? With a license like this, worries starts to pop up into my head. Since to me software isn't handed down from above, it is an ecosystem of which I am an active a part of.
If the authors don't trust someone else to do what they do better, or different for another purpose. Why should I trust them?
> "Why are you guys so fork paranoid? Do you want everyone to vote for the same political party, too?" -- Theo de Raadt
A witty saying proves nothing, but it might be a good starting point for a discussion. To me, it isn't strange that an author wants to avoid dilution and confusion of their work, we all feel this way at one point or another when producing software.
But, when I pick a community and a language to express myself, I consider several potential future issues. Such as, will this language be around in five years? Will I be able to port it to a platform that few people find to be important/interesting enough? Will I be allowed to experiment with the fundamentals? Will I be allowed to disagree with the original author on how things are done? With a license like this, worries starts to pop up into my head. Since to me software isn't handed down from above, it is an ecosystem of which I am an active a part of.
If the authors don't trust someone else to do what they do better, or different for another purpose. Why should I trust them?