[CMake] cmake license question (Was: CMake Modules)

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Jamie Jones wrote:
>
> I do see your point, but [...]

> Do you believe that having GPL build scripts requires you to distribute
> the source to the application ? If so you are quite mistaken. You only
> need to distribute the source to the build scripts.

Most commercial vendors aren't interested in any requirements that they 
have to distribute anything at all.  Nor are they interested in tracking 
their legal requirements for small snippets of code.  The upshot is such 
GPLed code simply won't get used, thereby defeating much of the purpose 
of open source.  Now, maybe you can provide sufficient dual licensing 
assurances on your site to assuage the paranoia of all the managers out 
there who automatically think negatively of anything with the GPL on 
it.  Or maybe you can't.  Do your site, and we'll see if anyone uses it.

> In the end, I think the only thing that we can agree on, is that we
> agree to disagree. 
>   

Indeed.  The basic schism between GPL and BSD proponents, is the former 
are interested in using force to get their way, and the latter are 
interested in what will actually get adopted in commercial practice.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every