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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 10 Dec 1995 06:32:52 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4aduuk$aaj@helena.MT.net> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <DJ6y7H.MIE@kroete2.freinet.de> <4a6fgo$6lg@agate.berkeley.edu> <DJ8xE2.2K9@kroete2.freinet.de> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30970 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10854 comp.unix.advocacy:12405 gnu.misc.discuss:22070 In article <DJ8xE2.2K9@kroete2.freinet.de>, Erik Corry <erik@kroete2.freinet.de> wrote: >Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: >: Also, just for the record, we HAVE done kernels that had GPL'd code >: in them. > >I don't think it was legal to distribute those kernels. Did you >consult a lawyer (just out of interest)? Wow, I love all the net lawyers jumping in and giving opinions on matters they know little about. Why would it be illegal to distribute FreeBSD kernels with GPL code in them, since FreeBSD has always distributed all of the source code for everything in all distributions? Seems to me that all of the facets of the GPL are being kept. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth