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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!gw1.att.com!nntphub.cb.att.com!not-for-mail From: dyson@inuxs.inh.att.com (John S. Dyson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Date: 15 Apr 1996 15:24:16 GMT Organization: AT&T Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ktpn0$34v@nntpb.cb.att.com> References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <NELSON.96Apr12112334@ns.crynwr.com> <4krrmj$dsu@library.erc.clarkson.edu> <NELSON.96Apr15000449@ns.crynwr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inuxs.inh.att.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21378 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:592 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3198 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3008 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17337 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45451 In article <NELSON.96Apr15000449@ns.crynwr.com>, Russell Nelson <nelson@ns.crynwr.com> wrote: > >Yes, you can use the BSD-licensed code to build a proprietary, >distributable solution, but then you're not contributing to free >software. > Implied in your statement, with GPL you are giving away part of your options... That is the reason for BSD and modified BSD copyrights (which some of the FreeBSD developers are embracing now... BSD copyrights with even fewer restrictions and less verbiage.) John dyson@freebsd.org