Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 22:59:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: stefanos@sentry.e-scape.net Cc: billf@chc-chimes.com, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some thoughts on advocacy (was: Slashdot ftp.cdrom.com upgrade Message-ID: <199905072259.PAA29210@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <9905041945.AA02524@traveler.e-scape.net> from "Kiakas" at May 4, 99 03:45:51 pm
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> The GPL certainly has some restrictions, but if someone develops > software and distributes it to the Unix community we have no right to > demand that they distribute it under our terms. There is an implicit demand to that effect, if they want the code to become part of the kernel or part of any critical component without which FreeBSD would not run. Note that I said "run"; the GNU toolchain is immune from this restriction (though GNU tar isn't, and it's in there by default now...). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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