Sorry if this sounds snarky, and I do not blame you in particular, but it is just a theme I have encountered here the last years that I find toxic as it portrays the GPL (and FSF) as some evil organization that would restrict "developer's rights".
Sorry if this sounds snarky, and I do not blame you in particular, but it is just a theme I have encountered here the last years that I find toxic as it portrays the GPL (and FSF) as some evil organization that would restrict "developer's rights".
GPL is by definition more restrictive than Apache and BSD, since there are more requirements to use the code, so asking if the developer is willing to consider a less restrictive (not "better") license shouldn't be met with hostility.
My motivation for asking is simply because the project looks interesting and potentially useful; however, the proprietary nature of my current work means that GPL licensed code isn't really an option for me. I absolutely wouldn't hold it against the author if they chose GPL for this or any other reason.
"Hi, I'd like to use your library, but your license is incompatible with the other <N> licenses in my codebase. Consider BSD please?"
JFK