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From: skutvik@sleepy.UUCP ( ECMS TEST)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
Summary: an unflame from a wannabe hacker
Message-ID: <325@sleepy.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 92 16:06:37 GMT
References: x <l8n8qcINN2c5@neuro.usc.edu> <CGD.92Aug14204505@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle
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In article <CGD.92Aug14204505@agate.berkeley.edu>, cgd@agate.berkeley.edu (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
> re: the serial driver stuff:
> As a matter of fact, I had just reconsidered, and was about to take
> the copyright notice *OFF* the file, and lo, and behold, i got hit by N
> flames.
....
> remember: you have no *rights* to the works of others; anything they
> decide to give to you, be *GLAD* for.
....
> ever read Heinlein? "TANSTAAFL"
It seems that we are spending a great deal of time/bandwidth dealing with
copyright uncertainty (an intended result of the USL vs reality suit??),
perhaps the best method of dealing with this is to keep the 'core 386BSD'
unencumbered by personel copyrights. (The right to copyright one's own
work is not at issue here.) Any personally copyrighted source, be it an
enhanced version of an extant utility or a new utility could be distributed
in a seperate (but included) group.
The ability to redistribute a working OS, under the intent thus far
expressed by Bill and Lynn Jolitz and others, would not be hampered, and we
would gain access to a variety of other fine pieces of work to use or not
depending on our personal beliefs. Personally, I don't feel hampered by an
individuals desire to copyright (copyleft) their material, so long as it is
made available for us to use.
****Ughh, I hate it when I get up on a soapbox*****
(This was not meant to be a flame toward either pro or con personal copyrights
just an expresses wish to return to reading peolples hacks instead of
legal opinions)
Pat Eyler- wannabe hacker for hire
(Borrowing net access from Roy Skutvik)