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flap:
"GPL isn't everything"

I beg to differ. Why should anyone use any other licence? If I write Free Software I want to be sure that no-one is going to include it in anything slightly less-than-free.

Yes, it is only presumably a few lines and not really likely to be raped by Microsoft for inclusion in Bloat XP 2004 but it's the general principle I'm disagreeing with you on. The GPL is watertight so you know your code is safely Free.

Calum:
actually, yes, the GPL should be everything. BSD licence be damned, those guys are too nice.

X Windows is a good example of what happens if you release stuff using the BSD licence or similar, you get nothing for writing it, but some other bugger can hijack your free code, change a few lines and then sell closed source versions of it for a shitload of money. not good.

flap:
Well that's true, but the point of the GPL's resitrctions isn't to protect programmers; it's to protect society. If you write Free software there's nothing to stop RedHat etc. using it in their distribution and paying you nothing for it, but society still gets the benefit as it remains free.

Calum:
yes i agree of course, but this is also the case with the BSD licence. the difference being that you forfeit all rights to your own software if you use the BSD licence.

Also, even if society is one's main concern, we must of course always phrase these things in selfish terms to get people to take notice. people do not do things unless they can see the benefit to them.

Master of Reality:
this project will be bigger than just a clock. I plan to eventually have a calender, time server, etc.
What is the clock in linux Licensed as? GPL is it not?
I think that maybe i will change the license if it actually needs to be changed, but i doubt millions of other programs and such will want to use my clock.

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