Re:GPL (Score 0)

Actually, I do that too, for work I don't care enough about to want my name attached to. BSD has the virtue of explicitly getting me out of trouble if some idiot kills himself with my software. It also serves my vanity by requiring my name to stay attached. If I'm going to give something away, I want to actually give it away. The GPL does not make your code "free" in any sense of the word. It turns your code into a virus, spreading a very specific idealogy. If you, as a software author, happen to subscribe to that idealogy -- terrific! The GPL is just the thing for you. If don't happen to subscribe, avoid GPL. I don't happen to subscribe to the FSF idealogy, so I use a BSD-style license. I happen to prefer "free" as in "no cost."