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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!koala.uwec.edu!daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu!cakerwood!not-for-mail From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD... Followup-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 17 Dec 1995 21:07:15 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4b20q3$tk6@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <4at6u9$7i8@fohnix.metronet.com> <4av4vk$988@helena.MT.net> <4b0ukh$20g@dyson.iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cakerwood.acc.uwrf.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:6568 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30945 comp.os.linux.misc:76570 comp.os.linux.setup:33074 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10844 John S. Dyson (root@dyson.iquest.net) wrote: : In article <4av4vk$988@helena.MT.net>, : Nate Williams <nate@sneezy.sri.com> wrote: : > : >Note, the Linux iBCS emulator will run about 5% of the BSD binaries (if : >that), and the author has posted that he will not work on it anymore : >w/out monetary support, so it's a dead product with little use until : >someone else makes it work. : > : What???? Profit motive and GPL???? I guess no one will do it... I sure : would not gain any advantage doing it with the GPL license (unless someone : paid me for it) on Linux. I still cannot understand companies that would : risk redistributing their hard-earned (researched) technology under (or tainted : by) ANY free license. Tainting my code with some sort of GPLed library or OS : in *any* way is too risky for me. I guess that those who have nothing : to loose like things such as welfare and GPL :-). It is the war between : the haves and have-nots. Class warfare... :-). : <laugh>...Why would I 'taint' my companies source code under BSD either?? =) That's just about as bad.=)