RE: RPG 'CPAN' site

M,

The intent with GPL licensing is to encourage others to share. I have
worked with a lot of open source software and the consultants that
support that software are all doing quite well. For example, on a
recent project that used an Apache project called Struts, every
time we needed a new feature, someone had already contributed
one. Why would I want to pay for a product that evolves more
slowly?

>From www.opensource.org:

"The basic idea behind open source is simple: When programmers
can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of
software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it,
people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used
to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems
astonishing."

Here are some links to a much more comprehensive description:

http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=778&group_id=1

David Morris

>>> MNWills@taylorcorp.com 02/28/02 02:54PM >>>
Not to question the judgment on the licensing, but wouldn't it be
better to
go under another license for those people who would like to use the
toolkit
in their programs that are to be sold?