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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.191.213.61!ott.istar!istar.net!n3ott.istar!infoshare!whome!telly!evan From: evan@bigbird.telly.org (Evan Leibovitch) Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Organization: Sound Software Message-ID: <E59Lz9.4zA@bigbird.telly.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5d81k0$8j4@cynic.portal.ca> <E575K5.4yq@bigbird.telly.org> <5dfmv0$c0r@innocence.interface-business.de> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 03:35:32 GMT Lines: 22 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156767 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2352 In article <5dfmv0$c0r@innocence.interface-business.de>, J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de> wrote: >evan@bigbird.telly.org (Evan Leibovitch) wrote: >> >Let's face it; the GPL does not appear to do any better a job of >> >encouraging freely distributable software than the Berkeley-type >> >licence does. >> It does, however, seem to attract more participants. >I dare to disagree. Most of the users certainly simply don't care >about the licensing. Indeed. You are not disagreeing with me. In fact , you are helping make my point that the GPL "handicap" referred to in the original posting is a non-issue. -- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario Supporting PC-based Unix since 1985 / Caldera & SCO authorized / www.telly.org Trains stop at train stations. Buses stop at bus stations. I use a workstation.