Re: [CA cert] Re: An apology and an announcement

[Duane <duane AT cacert.org>]

John A. Martin wrote:

>     jam> The PGP style license may be suitable if one wishes to retain
>     jam> ownership of the code while benefiting from peer review by
>     jam> those willing to purchase a copy of the proprietary source.

PGP does not charge for copies of source code.

>     jam> IMHO one is more likely to get wide interest and therefore
>     jam> better review using the GPL or another licence that meets the
>     jam> criteria for "Debian Free Software" (See the section "The
>     jam> Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)" under
>     jam> <http://http://www.debian.org/social_contract>).  Moreover,
>     jam> in my view, anything less would appear to be incongruous with
>     jam> the aims expressed at <http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=2>,
>     jam> "Mission Statement ... [of] a community-based project, [that]
>     jam> is not driven by profits".

You better tell Thawte/Orkut they don't have a communities either 
then... There are many definitions of what a community is, that doesn't 
simply imply programming aspects...

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