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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:37827 comp.os.386bsd.questions:2268 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!news.u.washington.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!usenet.coe.montana.edu! saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu! newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Message-ID: <C6nn9u.G7p@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 11:44:17 GMT References: <1993May3.093155.10176@cheshire.oxy.edu> <C6L53r.K2L@sugar.neosoft.com> <1993May7.093247.28324@cheshire.oxy.edu> Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Lines: 37 In article <1993May7.093247.28324@cheshire.oxy.edu> opus@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) writes: > peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: > >In article <1993May3.093155.10176@cheshire.oxy.edu> opus@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) writes: > >> But if they gave it away for FREE, including source, and insured that > >> noone else charged for it, you'd take issue. > >You're missing the pont. This isn't about what you do with our code. It's > >about what we do with our code. > You can do anything you want with your code. If the FSF ftp'ed all > the 386BSD source, packaged it in GNU fasion, and released it as > 386GNU with the GPL lisence (which, by the way, is perfectly in > accordance with the BSD lisence), they would in doing so have made NO > restrictions on YOUR CODE. I know. You're still missing the point. This isn't about what the FSF or anyone else does with BSD. This is about whether or not 386BSD or NetBSD should GPL it, directly or by using GPL code in the kernel. It all started when someone started bitching about BSD not using some GPL- protected driver. One of the BSD people explained why, and was promptly flamed. Bringing up what other people might do with BSD is a complete digression. If I use the GPL, I have restricted my work, so I don't use the GPL. If you want to flame me, be sure you know what you're flaming me about. It's not about what you do with our code, it's about what we do with our code. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Har du kramat din varg idag? 'U` "Det er min ledsager, det er ikke drikkepenge."