Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:07:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some thoughts on advocacy (was: Slashdot ftp.cdrom.com upgrade article) Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990503140402.27048H-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905022238040.7397-100000@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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On Sun, 2 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > uncalled for. Linux users may be persuaded of FreeBSD's > superiority in some things, but if they are asked to choose on > the basis of licence, most of them will stick with linux... Only because they've been brainwashed with loud "free the code!" battle cries. I can't tell you how many projects that I've done have used BSD licensed code OVER a similar GNU licensed product, and then have parts of those products make it into released parts of ours. Actually, I can tell you, but I don't have to because of the license that I used. > for the GPL nor for any other licence). GPL haters can rm -rf > /usr/src/gnu and try rebuilding their system... (And why are so > many businesses jumping on the "business-unfriendly" Linux/GNU > bandwagon?) Ignorance. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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