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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.87.194.248!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net!not-for-mail From: mouth@ibm.net (Mouth of the South) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 20:00:38 -0500 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <2oo9y0gTzzQP091yn@ibm.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <m2zpxxtagf.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <32EE6844.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <E504AI.Jsu@bigbird.telly.org> <32F54717.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip129-37-195-144.nc.us.ibm.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157439 comp.os.linux.networking:67934 comp.os.linux.setup:96500 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2436 In article <32F54717.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>, "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> wrote: >Actually, it is BSD freedom lovers who have the dissenting opinion, >against the big, bad GPL :-). (BTW, I would >have loved to work on Linux, but the license terms are yucky, and >don't help one of my goals -- enabling lots of little start-ups >with good quality OS code, with a non-GPL encumbered runtime.) More power to ya. I expect BSD will need all the help it can get to prevent being crushed under the wheels of the big bad GPL self replicating machine.