InfoWorld: Open War? | Linux Today

InfoWorld: Open War?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 11, 1998

The contentious topic of software licenses has been working so
well for author Nicholas Petreley, that InfoWorld is bringing it
back for a reprise.

“There’s no better way to ignite the flamethrowers than to
discuss the relative merits of the GNU General Public License
(GPL), the Berkeley-style license, or any of the variants on these
two licenses.”

“Yes, we’ve gone over this topic far too often in the
forums…”

But the list of flames is still a mile long and growing.

Complete
article
.

See also Fetch your
flamethrowers: It’s time to argue the finer points of software
licenses
, December 7.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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