http://www.silverstripe.org/home/ http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15443 BSD is the reason I'm choosing SilverStripe over Modx and various other CMSs.
Thanks! Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:28:10 +1300 Glen http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15443 http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15441 You've misstated what the GPL requires. There is no requirement to contribute your modifications back. But otherwise essentially correct: a developer can't create work based on GPLed software, and remove the rights granted by the GPL from endusers. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:21:39 +1300 Steve Piner http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15441 http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15115 The simplistic explanation I normally give customers (non lawyers, non technical) about why they should care about the license is this; if you're implementing a bit of software, or building something which is for "public good" (and has no commercial future), the differences between GPL and BSD won't matter to you.

On the other hand, if your developing something commercial then building from a BSD licensed bases is a much better choice.

With the BSD licence, what you develop is yours, and you can choose to give back to the community as you see fit. Part of 'the deal' of GPL licensed software, is that while it's free, you need to give back to the community which gave you the software in the first place - and there are legal obligations to do this as part of the license.

The most extreme example of how this could catch you out is in the situation where you developed an innovative piece of software which gave you a huge competitive advantage. If that work was based on GPL licensed software, then your competitors could knock on your door and ask for a copy of your code (and your competitive advantage along with it). If you were building on BSD licensed software, they can't.

So all other things being equal, building your work on top of BSD licensed software will give you more choice and control around any extra IP you might develop. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:23:55 +1300 Tim Copeland http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15115 http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15113 you guys are awesome, thanks to your product we succeeded in creating a company that focuses in developing silverstripe based solutions. the CMS is great, people love it. We tried several others before Silverstripe, Wordpress and Modx to name some relevant ones, but from the first moment I took silverstripe my complete way of working on the web changed for good and forever.

I can't imagine a way to thank you, my company lives and breathes silverstripe every day, thanks to your efforts and our growing community we are capable of providing quality websites all over the world with a world class CMS and a really solid Framework.

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:40:27 +1300 francisco arenas http://www.silverstripe.org/why-bsd/#PageComment_15113