The GPL lets me ensure payment in some form. Either I get source, or I can possibly get money in exchange for a different license.
Has Google done either one of these to you while they fork your code to their servers and never give out said code?
What makes people think that having distributed something under the BSD license, you can unilaterally revoke the license from existing licensees any more than you could with the GPL?
They can't revoke old code, but they can change license terms later, even if others have submitted code patches or forked it with BSD license.
No, it's like saying you have freedom of speech, and if you want to use it you must also let other have freedom of speech.
It's a good analogy, because when you have true freedom of speech, you are actually allowed to say that there should not be freedom of speech. If you wouldn't be allowed to say that, then there would be no freedom of speech after all. That perfectly shows that freedom of speech doesn't limit what you can say based on what others think about it, while GPL does.
>I simply can't take and not give back.
Unless you don't distribute it. In which case you can do exactly that.
Just like Google does. And GPL doesn't prevent any of that, while it's essentially the same. Google also improves upon GPL'd software, but just because it's server side they don't need to give it away. You're working towards Google profiting while they have no need to give anything back. They aren't distributing the code, but end result is essentially the same.
Why create something, give it out for free, and then allow businesses to take your work, profit from it, and give nothing back?
Because if you truly want to promote freedom and free code, you also have to let people to profit from it. Freedom isn't picking who gets to enjoy that "freedom" based on some rules.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - You are a stupid fucking idiot and a Microsoft shill. I'm surprised you still have enough karma in your sockpuppet accounts to upmod your comments.
What would that even have to do with the issue at hand? I was just purely stating facts - when you search on Bing you get rewards which you can then use for charity. Fanboyism needs an opinion, that is just an easily verifiable fact.
You're not Dave. Who are you?